Ashley v. Hawkins

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that eight-month unexplained gap between service efforts shows lack of diligence as matter of law
• concluding that plaintiff who gave no explanation for delay in service failed to exercise diligence as a matter of law
• holding that if plaintiff files petition within limitations period, service of process outside limitations period may still be valid if plaintiff exercises diligence in procuring service on defendant
• providing that a plaintiff must prove diligence only when a defendant was pleaded the defense of limitations and shown that service was not timely
• holding unexplained eight month gap between service attempts did not create a fact issue as to diligence
• holding unexplained eight month gap between service attempts did not create a fact issue as to diligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

80 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Stockton Ex Rel. Stockton v. Offenbach
  Texas Supreme Court· 2011-02-25· cited 198×
• Gillig v. Nike, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2010-04-20· cited 40×
• Holland v. Lovelace
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-12-17· cited 30×
• Eddie Medina, Jr. v. Gloria Tate D/B/A Humble Family Skate Center and Humble Family Skate Center, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-07-09· cited 21×
• NETCO, INC. v. Montemayor
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-03-31· cited 19×
• Bilinsco Inc. v. Harris County Appraisal District
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-07-22· cited 17×
• Zavadil v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-02-23· cited 13×
• Key v. Muse
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-11-28· cited 13×
• Gutierrez v. Stewart Title Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-05-03· cited 12×
• City of Houston v. Bryant
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-01-12· cited 8×
• Holmes v. Texas Mutual Insurance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2011-04-20· cited 6×
• Joseph Milcoun v. Werner Co. and Keller Ladders Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2018-10-09· cited 5×
• Liptak, Frank v. Brunson, Megan
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-06-07· cited 3×
• Carolyn Butler v. Robert Skegrud
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2015-07-10
• Bilinsco Inc. and Linda Boyd v. Harris County Appraisal Review Board and Harris County Appraisal District
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-07-22
• Elizabeth Harper v. Mac Haik Ford Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-07-01
• Vascola Stoney v. Alice Gurmatakis
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-05-06
• Daniel Kroemer and Garrett Austin Megason v. Daniel Ray Hartsfield
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2009-12-03
• Terry James Richard v. Jessie Nixon Turner
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-08-31
• Jerry Wilson A/K/A Steve Parker v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-11-03

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moki Mac River Expeditions v. Drugg
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-03-02· cited 848×
• Murray v. San Jacinto Agency, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-23· cited 532×
• Retamco Operating, Inc. v. Republic Drilling Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-02-27· cited 440×
• Zale Corporation v. Rosenbaum
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-03-19· cited 331×
• Gant v. DeLeon
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 268×
• Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-17· cited 231×
• Proulx v. Wells
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-08-31· cited 222×
• Key Western Life Insurance v. State Board of Insurance
  Texas Supreme Court· 1961-10-03· cited 178×
• Carter v. MacFadyen
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-08· cited 126×
• Kerlin v. Sauceda
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-10-10· cited 113×
• Hodge v. Smith
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-05-20· cited 74×
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., LP v. Mitchell
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-12-19· cited 55×
• Vaughn v. Deitz
  Texas Supreme Court· 1968-06-26· cited 38×
• Wood v. Brown
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-11-20· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. Ashley
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2007-06-07· cited 1×