Legal Opinion
Dolly v. Aethos Communications Systems, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided January 6, 2000No. 05-99-00257-CVPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By Justice MOSELEY.
Appellee, Aethos Communications Systems, Inc. (“Aethos”), sued appellant, Kirk Dolly (“Dolly”). The trial court ordered substituted service of citation pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 106. Aet-hos allegedly served Dolly pursuant to the court’s order. Dolly did not answer the suit, and Aethos took a default judgment against Dolly. In this restricted appeal, Dolly asserts, inter alia, that the return of service of citation is fatally defective. We agree and reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand this cause to the trial court for further…
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- Broussard v. DavilaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
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