Legal Opinion
Pettit v. American National Bank of Austin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 20, 1982No. 56119PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVENDER, Justice:
Appellee, a Texas bank, brought an action in a Texas county district court to recover damages from the Appellant, an Oklahoma resident, for alleged breach of contract. The Appellant failed to appear in the Texas hearing, whereupon a default judgment was entered on June 20, 1980. Appellee then filed that final judgment in the Oklahoma County District Court on August 1, 1980, pursuant to the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, 12 O.S.1971, § 719 et seq. Appellant moved to vacate the Texas judgment, alleging that the Texas court lacked in personam jurisdiction of…
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