Jarrell v. United States Realty Co.

H. C. Jarrell has appealed from a judgment against him by default, and for a reversal he relies upon the alleged insufficiency of service of process to support the judgment. That is the only question to be determined.

The suit was by the United States Realty Company, a corporation, who is the landlord, against H. C. Jarrell, the tenant, to collect rent on a building situated in the city of Fort Worth. The suit was a distress warrant proceeding in the justice court, and the pleadings filed by the plaintiff consisted of an affidavit and bond for the issuance of two distress warrants, one to be…