Kao Holdings, L.P. v. Young

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that judgment shall not be rendered against one who was neither named nor served as defendant unless he waives service by making general appearance before court
• recognizing that “[r]ule 239 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure provides for default judgment only against ‘a defendant’” and reversing a default judgment because “Kao was not a defendant”
• recognizing that “[r]ule 239 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure provides for default judgment only against ‘a defendant’” and reversing a default judgment because “Kao was not a defendant”
• recognizing that A [r]ule 239 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure provides for default judgment only against > a defendant = @ and reversing a default judgment because A Kao was not a defendant @
• noting that “a partnership is liable for acts of a partner done with authority or in the ordinary course of the partnership’s business”
• noting that “a partnership is liable for acts of a partner done with authority or in the ordinary course of the partnership’s business”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).