Retail Technologies, Inc. v. Palm City T v. Inc.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Appellant, Retail Technologies, Inc., appeals by writ of error a default judgment against it in favor of appellee, Palm City T.V., Inc. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Appellant, in its first point of error, alleges that the trial court erred in granting a default judgment in favor of the appellee because appellant, a California corporation, was not amenable to the jurisdiction of the trial court.

A default judgment will be held erroneous only if:(1) the petition (or other pleading of the non-defaulting party that seeks affirmative relief) does not attempt to…