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Dousson v. Disch

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas
Feb 19, 1982
629 S.W.2d 111 (Tex. App. 1982)

Summary

holding documents filed four months before summary-judgment motion were proper summary judgment evidence

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Opinion

No. 21058.

December 21, 1981. Rehearing Denied February 19, 1982.

Appeal from the 199th District Court, Collin County, John L. McCraw, J.

Wm. Chris Wolffarth, Erhard, Cox Ruebel, Dallas, for appellant.

Richard Gary Thomas, Maxwell, Godwin, Bennett, Thomas, Carlton Maxwell, Dallas, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, STEPHENS and VANCE, JJ.


This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of appellee Disch in his suit to enforce a foreign judgment against appellant Dousson. Appellant's sole contention on appeal is that summary judgment was improper because the motion for summary judgment was not supported by any competent summary judgment evidence. We do not agree and affirm.

Appellee sued appellant to enforce a foreign judgment. In October, 1980, appellee filed his first motion for summary judgment. A hearing on appellee's first motion was held on November 12, 1980. On November 24, 1980, appellee filed an affidavit with a certified copy of the foreign judgment attached. On December 5, 1980, the trial court signed an order denying appellee's first motion for summary judgment. On March 5, 1981, appellee filed his second motion for summary judgment. The second motion expressly stated that it was based upon the affidavit and certified copy of the foreign judgment previously filed. Appellant's response to appellee's motion for summary judgment asserted that the affidavit was not competent summary judgment proof because it was not attached to the motion. A hearing on appellee's second motion for summary judgment was held on April 3, 1981 and, on that same day, the trial court signed an order granting appellee's motion for summary judgment.

Appellant concedes that a prima facie case on a foreign judgment is established when a properly certified and exemplified copy of the foreign judgment is submitted to the court. Appellant's sole contention is that because the affidavit and certified copy of the judgment, which had been filed approximately four months prior to the second motion for summary judgment and which were expressly relied upon in the first paragraph of the second motion for summary judgment, were not attached to the second motion for summary judgment, they were not competent summary judgment evidence. We do not agree.

Although Tex.R.Civ.P. 166-A(e) requires that "Sworn or certified copies of all papers or parts thereof referred to in an affidavit shall be attached thereto and served therewith.", there is no provision in Tex.R.Civ.P. 166-A that requires summary judgment evidence to be attached to the motion for summary judgment. We have examined Corpus Christi Municipal Gas Corp. v. Tuloso-Midway Independent School District, 595 S.W.2d 203 (Tex.Civ.App.-Eastland 1980, writ ref'd n. r. e.), relied upon by appellant. Apparently that case holds that summary judgment evidence must be attached to the motion for summary judgment in order to constitute summary judgment proof. To the extent the Corpus Christi Municipal Gas Corp. case does so hold, we expressly disagree with that holding and decline to follow it.

Appellant's point of error is overruled and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Dousson v. Disch

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas
Feb 19, 1982
629 S.W.2d 111 (Tex. App. 1982)

holding documents filed four months before summary-judgment motion were proper summary judgment evidence

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holding documents filed four months before summary judgment motion were proper summary judgment evidence

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concluding affidavit, which was not attached to a second motion for summary judgment, constituted competent summary judgment evidence

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In Dousson, the Dallas Court of Appeals disagreed with the Eastland Court of Appeals holding in Corpus Christi Municipal Gas Corp.. We also disagree with such decision to the extent that it holds, if it does, that summary judgment evidence must be attached to the motion for summary judgment in order to constitute summary judgment proof. For reasons stated below, we believe that in this case the court's consideration of the summary judgment evidence attached to the previous motions, even though not incorporated by reference as was done and approved in Dousson, was not reversible error.

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Case details for

Dousson v. Disch

Case Details

Full title:Pierre DOUSSON, Appellant, v. Robert DISCH, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas

Date published: Feb 19, 1982

Citations

629 S.W.2d 111 (Tex. App. 1982)

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