TEXAS INSPECTION SERV., INC. v. MELVILLE

No. 17850.

616 S.W.2d 253 (1981)

TEXAS INSPECTION SERVICES, INC., Appellant, v. Thomas R. MELVILLE et ux, Appellees.

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

January 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffiths & Saranello, Bruce V. Griffiths, Houston, for appellant.

M. B. Robinson, Houston, for appellees.

Before COLEMAN, C. J., and SMITH and PEDEN, JJ.


PEDEN, Justice.

Texas Inspection Services, Inc. (TIS), appeals by writ of error from a default judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Thomas R. Melville and Margarita B. Melville, in a suit brought under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The trial court had ordered substituted service on the Secretary of State of Texas as statutory agent for service, pursuant to Article 2.11, Tex.Bus.Corp. Act (Vernon 1960), upon allegations that service on TIS's registered agent could...

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