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POSTELL v. TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 17798.

549 S.W.2d 425 (1977)

Joseph L. POSTELL, Appellant, v. The TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Troy Douthitt, Jr., and James Q. Smith and Wm. H. Harris, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Bill J. Ballard, Wichita Falls, for appellee.

OPINION

HUGHES, Associate Justice.

Joseph L. Postell petitions for writ of error from the trial court's order overruling his motion to vacate a void decree in a paternity and child support action in favor of the Texas Department of Public Welfare. The default decree which Postell attacks was based upon substituted service of process upon the Secretary of State of Texas pursuant to Texas' "long-arm statute," Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2031b (1964). This...

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