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FACTS:Ricardo Zesati, d/b/a Transportation Equipment Sales (Zesati) sued William Morris (Morris), Light Speed Transportation Services, Inc. (Light Speed), and Industrial Cutting & Trailer, Inc. d/b/a Light Speed Transportation Services (Industrial), collectively appellants, for breach of contract. Zesati is in the business of buying and selling trucks and trailers. He alleged that both Industrial and Light Speed were Georgia corporations doing business in Texas and that Morris was a resident of Georgia doing business in Texas. The petition claimed that Appellants were nonresidents subject to the Texas long arm statute since they entered into a contract with a Texas resident which was to be partially performed in Texas. Zesati sought service through the secretary of the state of Texas. None of the defendants answered. On May 27, 2004, the trial court entered a default judgment awarding Zesati $144,750 in damages. This appeal follows.
