Martinec v. Maneri

CADENA, Justice.

Defendants, Lee A. Martinec, E. Edward Batten and Total Design, Inc., a Texas corporation, appeal from a default judgment rendered against them awarding plaintiffs, Peter Maneri and wife, the sum of $12,138.70, representing the amount of loans allegedly made by plaintiffs to defendants.

After plaintiffs filed a motion reciting that it was impractical to effectuate personal services on defendants, the trial court authorized service by delivery of a copy of the citation, with plaintiffs’ petition attached, to any person over the age of sixteen at the usual place of abode of…