Case Name: Stephenson & Adams v. W. H. Kellogg & Co.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1879-10-11
Citations: 1 White & W. 272
Docket Number: No. 646, Op. Book No. 2, p. 33
Parties: Stephenson & Adams v. W. H. Kellogg & Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 272–272

Head Matter:
Stephenson & Adams v. W. H. Kellogg & Co.
(No. 646, Op. Book No. 2, p. 33.)
Error from Anderson County.
October 11, 1879.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Winkler, J.
§ 542. Defective service of citation. The sheriff's return as to defendant Adams was " executed by delivering to the within named defendant in person," etc. The citation, whilst it directs service to Adams alone, is against two defendants, M. Stephenson and J. O. Adams. The service, as set out in the sheriff's return, is defective and insufficient to support a judgment by default as against defendant Adams personally, for the reason that it does not show that service was made upon him, except inferentially. The return should be complete in and of itself, and when there are two or more defendants named in the citation, it should show by name who has been served. [Underhill v. Lockett, 20 Tex. 130.]
Eeversed and remanded.