Brace v. Busboon

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In 1974 the appellee obtained a $3,610 default judgment in Dallas, Texas, against the appellant, a resident of Arkansas. The service of process upon Brace was effected under the Texas long-arm statute. In this suit by the appellee to register the judgment in Arkansas, Brace denied having received notice of the Texas proceeding and questioned the validity of the Texas judgment. This appeal is from a summary judgment holding the Texas judgment to be valid and registering it in Arkansas.

The appellee prefaces his brief with a motion to dismiss the appeal, on the ground…