Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Lejeune

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• noting that failure to strictly comply with rules for service of process constitutes error on face of record
• holding absence of time notation on clerk’s return of service showing time certified mail return receipt was received by the clerk rendered service defective
• holding the default judgment could not stand because the record showed return of citation did not notate the hour of receipt
• stating that the Supreme Court has required for over a century that strict compliance with the rules for service of citation affirmatively appear on the record for a default judgment to withstand direct attack
• stating that the Texas Supreme Court has required for over a century that strict compliance with the rules for service of citation affirmatively appear on the record for a default judgment to withstand direct attack
• reversing because the return of citation lacked the time of service as required by Rules 16 and 105

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