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HIGGINBOTHAM v. GENERAL LIFE & ACC. INS.

No. C-7641.

796 S.W.2d 695 (1990)

Dorothy L. HIGGINBOTHAM and John G. Higginbotham, Petitioners, v. GENERAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.L. "Mick" McBee, Jr., Michael T. Maher, Dallas, for petitioners.

E.L. Caraway, III, J. Kevin Clark, James Lanter, Fort Worth, Kimberly Gardner, Austin, for respondents.

OPINION

RAY, Justice.

The issue in this cause is whether the record reflects proper service of citation on General Life and Accident Insurance Company and National Benefit Life Insurance Company, both domestic insurance companies. The return on both defendants' citations stated that they were served "on the 18 day of March, 1986 at 12:01 o'clock p.m." The trial court rendered default judgment against both defendants. After hearing the motions for new trial...

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