Garrels v. Wales Transportation, Inc.

STEPHENS, Justice.

Roger F. Garrels appeals by writ of error from a default judgment rendered in favor of Wales Transportation. Garrels contends that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction because he was not properly served with process and that the trial court erred in entering a default judgment upon an unliquidated claim without holding an evi-dentiary hearing. We agree with Garrels’s first contention. In light of our disposition of this ease, we need not address Garrels’s second contention. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

The record indicates that Wales filed suit…