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Bostwick v. Allen

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio
Sep 12, 1945
189 S.W.2d 448 (Tex. Civ. App. 1945)

Opinion

No. 11539.

September 12, 1945.

Error to Cameron County Court; Bascom Cox, Judge.

Action by D. E. Allen and another against Malcolm E. Bostwick. To review an adverse judgment, defendant brings error.

Reversed and cause remanded.

Smallwood Gibbon, of Harlingen, for plaintiff in error.

West Hightower, of Brownsville, and P. F. Dominy, of San Benito, for defendants in error.


Malcolm E. Bostwick brings this case here by writ of error. Articles 2249 and 2249a, Vernon's Ann.Civ.Stats. D. E. Allen and Mary B. Allen secured a money judgment against Bostwick by default. Bostwick insists here that the judgment must be reversed for want of lawful service of citation.

This contention must be sustained. The record discloses that service of citation on Bostwick was had on Sunday. Rule 6, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, provides that "No civil suit shall be commenced nor process issued or served on Sunday, except in cases of injunction, attachment, garnishment, sequestration, or distress proceedings." See also Crabtree v. Whiteselle, 64 Tex. 111; Norvell v. Pye, Tex. Civ. App. 95 S.W. 666; Michael v. Michael, Tex. Civ. App. 100 S.W. 1018.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.


Summaries of

Bostwick v. Allen

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio
Sep 12, 1945
189 S.W.2d 448 (Tex. Civ. App. 1945)
Case details for

Bostwick v. Allen

Case Details

Full title:BOSTWICK v. ALLEN et al

Court:Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio

Date published: Sep 12, 1945

Citations

189 S.W.2d 448 (Tex. Civ. App. 1945)

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