Estes Packing Co. v. Kadish & Milman Beef Co.

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Estes Packing Company, a Texas corporation, sued the defendant, Kadish & Milman Beef Company, Inc., a foreign corporation, to recover sums allegedly owed plaintiff by defendant by reason of the sale of some beef to defendant by plaintiff.

Service of process was had on defendant under the Texas long-arm statute (Article 2031b, V.A.C.S.). The defendant then made a special appearance in the case, as provided for by Rule 120a, T.R.C.P., for the purpose of objecting to the trial court assuming jurisdiction over it. At the conclusion of the hearing of that…