Court Opinion

ID: 9833586
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:51:16.474635+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:04.628448
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
The motion for rehearing will be granted because the return of the sheriff does not show that a “true copy of the citation, together with a certified copy of the plaintiff’s petition, was delivered to Walter P. Seay,” but the return is merely a conclusion of the sheriff that he had “served" the agent of appellant. Insurance Co. v. Seeligson, 59 Tex. 3; Ins. Co. v. Milliken, 64 Tex. 46. The petition failed to show whether or not Seay was a “local agent, a traveling agent, or traveling salesman of such corporation.” Articles 2034, 2035, Rev. Stats. 1925. Because the petition did not indicate the character of the agency of Walter E. Seay, and because the return of the sheriff fails to show that the citation and copy of petition were deUvered to the agent, the judgment by default will be set aside, and the cause remanded.