American Express Co. v. Monfort Food Distributing Co.

CIRE, Justice.

This appeal is from a summary judgment denying relief upon a bill of review to set aside a default judgment taken in a writ of garnishment action.

Appellee Monfort Food Distributing Co., Inc. (Monfort) obtained a judgment against Ichiban of Houston, Inc., d/b/a Ichiban Steak House of Houston (Ichiban). It then sought a writ of garnishment upon appellant American Express Co., Inc. After service of citation, the legal department of American Express, located in New York City, forwarded the writ of garnishment to Dale B. Shepp, supervisor of its Sales Service Division, located in…