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LIGHT v. VERRIPS

No. 17377.

580 S.W.2d 157 (1979)

Stephen C. LIGHT, Appellant, v. Jay F. VERRIPS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st District.).

April 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross, Banks, May, Cron & Cavin, C. John Mayer, Houston, for appellant.

Robert E. McCool, Houston (no brief), for appellee.

Before PEDEN, EVANS and WALLACE, JJ.

EVANS, Justice.

This writ of error proceeding was instituted by the petitioner, Stephen C. Light, to set aside a default judgment.

The petition constitutes a direct attack upon the default judgment, and this court will not, therefore, indulge any presumptions in support of the judgment's validity. McKanna v. Edgar, 388 S.W.2d 927, 929 (Tex.1965). In this writ of error proceeding, the decisive question is whether there...

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