ZAC SMITH & CO. v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

No. C-5875.

734 S.W.2d 662 (1987)

ZAC SMITH & COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry F. York and J. Scott Howard, Baker & Botts, Austin, for petitioner.

Tom Broussard and Lloyd Broussard, Broussard & Broussard, Austin, for respondent.


MAUZY, Justice.

Otis Elevator Company, a New Jersey corporation, filed suit in Texas against Advanced Concrete of Texas, a Texas corporation, and Zac Smith & Company, Inc. (Smith), of Florida, for breach of contract in the sale of four elevators to be installed in a hotel in Austin, Texas. Smith filed a special appearance pursuant to TEX.R. CIV.P. 120a (Vernon's Supp.1987) and asserted lack of in personam jurisdiction. The trial court sustained Smith's...

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