BELL v. CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS

No. 54614.

467 So.2d 657 (1985)

Henrietta W. BELL v. CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wynn E. Clark, Roberts & Clark, John G. Clark, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Joseph W. Gex, Gex, Gex & Phillips, Bay St. Louis, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This slip and fall case presents questions regarding default judgments and jury selection which have less than ordinary factual twists. The trial judge successfully traversed these obstacles, only to slip and fall on one of the most established points in our law.

We hold that the Circuit Court of Hancock County acted within its discretion when it thwarted Plaintiff's repeated efforts to secure a judgment by default...

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