Maritime Services, Inc. v. Moller Steamship Co.

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Maritime Services, Inc., a Texas corporation, appeals by writ of error from a default judgment of $17,092.91 plus attorney’s fees of $2,519.23. Maritime contends that the judgment is void because the person served with citation was not authorized, under Tex.Bus.Corp. Act Ann. art. 2.11.A (Vernon 1980), to receive process directed to the corporation. Appellee, Mol-ler Steamship Company, Inc., concedes that service was invalid under art. 2.11.A, but it contends that service was valid under Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2029 (Vernon 1964). We sustain the point of error and…