H & W TRANSFER & CARTAGE SERV. v. GRIFFIN

No. 57742.

511 So.2d 895 (1987)

H & W TRANSFER AND CARTAGE SERVICE, INC. v. Millie GRIFFIN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. McDowell, McCoy, Wilkins, Noblin & Stephens, Jackson, for appellant.

Crymes G. Pittman, Robert G. Germany, Cothren & Pittman, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I.

This is another of a seemingly increasing lot of cases where the plaintiff and her attorney dotted all of the "i's" and crossed all the "t's" only to find the defendant wholly asleep at the switch with the end result of a substantial default judgment for the plaintiff. Because the trial court committed no error of law nor abuse of discretion, we have no choice but to affirm.

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