ISO Production Management 1982, Ltd. v. M & L Oil & Gas Exploration, Inc.

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

ISO Production Management 1982, LTD. (ISO LTD.), a limited partnership, appeals by a writ of error from a default judgment in favor of M & L Oil and Gas Exploration, Inc. and Mt. Calm Oil Development, Inc., plaintiffs. The judgment is void and will be reversed because the citation was not “directed to the defendant” as required by Rule 101. See Tex.R.Civ.P. 101. 1

M & L Oil and Mt. Calm Oil sued ISO LTD. in its assumed name. The petition directed service of the citation as follows:

Defendant, ISO Production Management 1982 Ltd. is a Texas Limited Partnership, whose…