KELLY INV. v. BASIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

No. 05-01-01747-CV.

85 S.W.3d 371 (2002)

KELLY INVESTMENT, INC., Appellant, v. BASIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.; American Realty Investors, Inc.; Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc.; Garden Capital Merchandising Mart, Inc.; Continental Poydras Corp. (f/k/a Continental Amoco Corporation); Continental Common, Inc.; Continental Baronne, Inc.; Transcontinental 4400, Inc.; and Art One Hickory Corporation, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

August 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Alan Wright, Thomas E. Kurth, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Bruce W. Collins, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, for appellant.

John Augustine Sopuch, J. Robert Arnett, II, Sopuch, Nouhan, Higgins & Arnett, L.L.P., Michael L. Gaubert, Bryan James Wick, Dallas, for appellee.

Before Justices WHITTINGTON, MOSELEY, and RICHTER.


OPINION

JIM MOSELEY, Justice.

Kelly Investment, Inc. ("Kelly") appeals the trial court's order denying Kelly's special appearance. Kelly contends, in sum, that the trial court erred because there are insufficient contacts to support jurisdiction, and the exercise of jurisdiction over Kelly is inconsistent with traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. We hold that a nonresident entity, by acquiring promissory notes that it knows are the subject...

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