Carter v. Money Tree Co.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

Albert H. Carter filed suit in a district court in Brazoria County, Texas, against The Money Tree Company, a Minnesota corporation. Carter is a prisoner in the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections. He signed his petition pro se. The petition asked judgment for commissions allegedly due Carter as the sales representative of the defendant. Request was made that service of citation be had under the provisions of Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art. 2031a (Repealed April 26, 1973). The defendant did not answer. On October 16, 1972, the trial court rendered default…