Whitney v. L & L REALTY CORPORATION

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• holding that, in cases involving substituted service on Texas Secretary of State, record must contain showing that Secretary of State forwarded copy of process to defendant to establish personal jurisdiction over defendant
• holding that a trial court lacks jurisdiction to issue a default judgment based on substituted service on the Secretary of State unless the Secretary has certified that a copy of the citation was forwarded to the defendant
• holding that a trial court lacks jurisdiction to issue a default judgment based on substituted service on the Secretary of State unless the Secretary has certified that a copy of the citation was forwarded to the defendant
• holding “Secretary of State is deemed the defendant’s agent if, or provided, he forwards the service as required by the statute”
• holding “Secretary of State is deemed the defendant’s agent if, or provided, he forwards the service as required by the statute”
• holding a showing in the record that the Secretary of State forwarded a copy of the process is essential to establish the court = s jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).