Woodcock, Cummings, Taylor & French, Inc. v. Crosswell

PEDEN, Justice.

Suit against a foreign corporation for damages for failure to deliver certain securities. Service of citation on the defendant corporation was sought by serving the Texas Secretary of State under the provisions of Article 2031b, Vernon’s Ann.Texas Civil Statutes. A default judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff, H. M. Crosswell, III, and the brokerage firm now seeks to set it aside by writ of error.

The non-resident defendant urges us to reverse the default judgment, contending that the plaintiff failed to bring this defendant within the jurisdiction of the court for two…