Siboney Corporation v. Dresser Industries, Inc.

EVANS, Justice.

Dresser Industries, Inc. brought this suit against Siboney Corporation and Compression, Inc. to recover $11,615.68 for merchandise sold and delivered on account to Compression, Inc. Service of citation was not perfected on Compression, Inc. and it never became a party to the action. After jury trial, judgment was entered in Dresser’s favor for the amount of its claim. We have determined that the trial court’s judgment must be reversed and rendered.

In its judgment the trial court found, as a matter of law, that Siboney had failed to give statutory notice of incorporation as…