James v. Proper

1 White & W. 35
CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedDecember 11, 1880
DocketNo. 1134. Op. Book No. 3, p. 439
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
James v. Proper, 1 White & W. 35 (Tex. Ct. App. 1880).

Opinion

Opinion by

Winkler, J.

§83. Judgment by default; defective citation. Citation served on defendant November 14, 1818, command[36]*36ing him to answer the suit on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1878, a date prior to the service of the citation. Judgment by default January 9, 1879. Held, that the judgment by default was erroneous. [Covingtons v. Burleson, 28 Tex. 368.]

December 11, 1880.

Reversed and remanded.

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Covington v. Burleson
28 Tex. 368 (Texas Supreme Court, 1866)

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