Legal Opinion

Yancey v. Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 6, 1978No. 17104PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the district court on a petition for a bill of review finding a default judgment null and void and reinstating the case on the docket “as if the default judgment had not been entered”. The judgment is an interlocutory order and the appeal will be dismissed.

Larry Yancey and wife, Nancy Yancey, entered suit against Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc., for damages growing out of a automobile collision. The 164th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, rendered a judgment by default in favor of the plaintiffs on September 8,1975. On…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McEwen v. HarrisonTexas Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Whitney v. L & L REALTY CORPORATIONTexas Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Petro-Chemical Transport, Inc. v. CarrollTexas Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Deen v. KirkTexas Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Wear v. McCallumTexas Supreme Court · 1930

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Lipshy Motorcars, Inc. v. Sovereign Associates, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1997
  2. In Re Moreno, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
  3. Benson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
  4. Benson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
  5. Bill Heard Chevrolet, LTD., Bill Heard Chevrolet Corp., and Bill Heard Chevrolet Management, LLC v. Ehiozuwa J. Agonayinma, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005

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