OPINION
HANKINSON, Justice.
In this appeal by writ of error, we must decide whether a trial court can enter a proper no-answer default judgment when the defendant has not been served with the live pleading, but instead has been served with a superseded pleading. Because we hold that, under these circumstances, a defendant who fails to answer does not admit liability to the live pleading, we reverse the default judgment in this case and remand to the trial...
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