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DAY-BRITE LIGHTING DIV. v. TEXAS METALSMITH, INC.

No. 18136.

499 S.W.2d 336 (1973)

DAY-BRITE LIGHTING DIVISION, EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. TEXAS METALSMITH, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Ellis, Clark, West, Keller, Sanders & Ginsberg, Dallas, for appellant.

Jerry W. Biesel, Dallas, for appellee.

BATEMAN, Justice.

Day-Brite Lighting Division, Emerson Electric Company appeals by writ of error from a default judgment, saying the trial court lacked jurisdiction to render a judgment in personam against it. The suit was for debt, and substituted service was attempted by serving the Secretary of State of Texas. The parties will be referred to as they were in the trial court.

The defendant, a foreign corporation, presents three points of error on appeal...

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