Legal Opinion
Iron Mountain Bison Ranch, Inc. v. Easley Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided March 10, 1998No. 07-98-0043-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
Iron Mountain Bison Ranch, Inc. (Iron Mountain) and Ronald Thiel (Thiel) appeal from an order denying their special appearance. We dismiss for the want of jurisdiction.
Background
On July 16, 1996, Easley Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. (Easley) sued Iron Mountain, Thiel, and others for breach of contract in the 31st Judicial District of Hemphill County, Texas. Iron Mountain and Thiel responded by filing a special appearance. They alleged that the courts of Texas lacked personal jurisdiction over them. This was allegedly so because neither were Texas residents. Nor did either have…
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