without proper service, is not sufficient to convey upon the court jurisdiction to render default judgment against him.” Wilson v. Dunn, 800 S.W.2d 833, 836 (Tex. 1990). Moreover, “[r]eceiv-ing suit papers or actual notice through a procedure not authorized for service is treated the same as never receiving them.” Fid. & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Drewery Constr. Co., Inc., 186 S.W.3d 571, 574 n.1 (Tex. 2006) (per curiam). Therefore, in neither this case nor the nearly identical case before the Fourteenth Court was notice .of the hearing or notice of the judgment, sent by Federal Express, a substitute for proper service. See PNS Stores, Inc. v. Rivera, 379 S.W.3d 267, 274-75 (Tex. 2012) (distinguishing between non-service and technical defects in service); Nguyen, 2016 WL 2343893, at *5 (<HOLDING>). Because the summary judgment evidence shows
holding that notice indicating appeal was from judgment on date of jury verdict was insufficient to preserve appeal from earlier order granting summary judgment holding that the filing of notice without motion is insufficient holding that notice to supervisor is notice to city holding that notice of judgment was insufficient holding speculation insufficient to avoid summary judgment