CALDWELL v. BARNES

No. 13-93-699-CV.

941 S.W.2d 182 (1996)

Harold CALDWELL, Appellant, v. Robert F. BARNES Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled January 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gus E. Pappas, Dabney, Theis & Pappas, Houston, for appellant.

Thomas O. Matlock, Jr., Kelly K. McKinnis, McAllen, for appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr. and YANEZ, JJ.


OPINION

YANEZ, Justice.

Harold Caldwell brings this appeal stemming from a $15 million default judgment rendered against him in Hidalgo County, Texas, in 1989. Appellant sought to have the default judgment set aside by filing a bill of review in 1993.1 Prior to the commencement of Caldwell's action, appellee Robert F. Barnes had sought a declaratory judgment from the Hidalgo County court declaring that the underlying default...

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