Carter v. Estes

ALFORD, Judge.

Plaintiff/Appellant, George Carter, appeals a judgment sustaining a declinatory exception of lack of in personam jurisdiction filed by defendant, Frank Estes d/b/a Deutch Auto Importohre. In his petition, Plaintiff/ Appellant alleges the following facts: the defendant resides and maintains his principal place of business in Houston Texas; in August of 1988, the defendant advertised in the Houston Chronicle newspaper to sell a 1983 Mercedes automobile; plaintiff contacted defendant pursuant to the advertisement; a price of $22,800.00 was agreed upon by the parties for the sale of…