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46 Tex. 220

Kennedy v. McCoy

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1876

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1876-07-01

Error from Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. M. D. Ector. March 6, 1876, petition was filed by Anna McCoy v. J. H. Kennedy, in the District Court of Harrison county, in term time—the term having commenced 17th of January—on a . promissory note, and to foreclose a mortgage upon real estate.

Decided 1876-07-01

Moore, Associate Justice.

¶1In the case of Glenn v. Shelburne, 29 Tex., 125, it is held, that a defendant who has accepted service of the petition, and waived copy of the writ and all other process, does not thereby waive his right to defend the action, and has until the fourth day of the term to file his answer; and it was error, therefore, to render judgment by default, though service had been accepted, and copy of the writ waived by the defendant, more than five days before the commencement of the term at which the judgment was rendered, because the petition was not filed at least by the first day of the term.

¶2The facts in this case are even stronger than in the case of Glenn v. Shelburne. In it, the default was not taken until more than four days after the filing of the petition. Here, the judgment by default was rendered on the day on which *222the petition was filed, which was more than a month after the commencement of the term.

¶3The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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