Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co. v. Orr

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

In this suit by an insurance company against its non-resident agent, the controlling question is whether the evidence at the special appearance hearing supports the trial court’s finding that the agent had insufficient contacts with Texas to be amenable to process under the Texas long-arm statute, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2031b (Vernon 1964). We conclude that the undisputed evidence at the special appearance hearing establishes that the agent’s contacts with Texas were sufficient to render him amenable to Texas process. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s order…