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O'BRIEN v. LANPAR COMPANY

No. A-10947.

399 S.W.2d 340 (1966)

James H. O'BRIEN, Petitioner, v. LANPAR COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akin, Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Tubb, James A. Knox, with above firm, Dallas, for petitioner.

James H. Martin, Dallas, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

The question is whether an Illinois court had jurisdiction over a defaulting Texas corporation when it rendered an in personam judgment against the nonresident Texas corporation. Plaintiff James H. O'Brien, an Illinois attorney, sued defendant Lanpar Company in Illinois and obtained a judgment for $2,848.25 and costs. Lanpar is a Texas corporation and was served with process in Texas. Plaintiff then brought suit in Texas upon that judgment and the trial...

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