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WHITNEY v. L & L REALTY CORPORATION

Nos. B-3542, B-3543.

500 S.W.2d 94 (1973)

Charles WHITNEY, Petitioner, v. L & L REALTY CORPORATION, Respondent. Bonita PARNASS, Petitioner, v. L & L REALTY CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andress, Woodgate & Lodewick, William Andress, Jr., Dallas, for petitioners.

Johnson, Bromberg, Leeds & Riggs, Richard L. Jackson and Robert H. Bliss, Dallas, for respondent.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

These suits by a landlord to collect rent from former tenants raise a question concerning the proof needed to support a default judgment where service of process was upon the Secretary of State. The solution turns upon the construction, and the requirements as to service, of Article 2031b, the Texas long-arm statute.1 The immediate question is whether, as a matter of jurisdiction, the long-arm statute involved...

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