OWEN v. OWEN

No. 20677.

620 S.W.2d 669 (1981)

Margarita OWEN, Appellant, v. Kenneth OWEN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Andress, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Lindy D. Jones, Moseley, Jones, Enoch & Martin, Dallas, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, STOREY and STEPHENS, JJ.


STOREY, Justice.

This is an appeal by writ of error from default judgment entered in a divorce case. Defendant, petitioner in this writ of error, contends that service was defective because default judgment was rendered on plaintiff's "First Amended Original Petition for Divorce" and the officer's return recites that defendant was served with "Original Petition." We reverse because it is not clearly shown that defendant received a copy of the amended petition on which...

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