GUARANTY NAT. INS. CO. v. PITTMAN

No. 57322.

501 So.2d 377 (1987)

GUARANTY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Adrienne E. Pittman.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack F. Dunbar, Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell, Chaffin & Willard, Oxford, for appellant.

Everette Verhine, Vicksburg, Ben Todd, Memphis, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, ANDERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I.

This appeal presents important questions regarding construction of several of our rules of civil procedure — those concerning the intervention of third parties in pending actions and the granting of default judgments and subsequent attacks thereon. The Circuit Court has entered judgment by default in favor of a personal injury plaintiff and against a truck driver defendant. The liability insurer for the truck...

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