CALDWELL v. CALDWELL

No. 58968.

533 So.2d 413 (1988)

Betty Lu CALDWELL v. Melvin Douglas CALDWELL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Joe Randall, Gulfport, for appellant.

Gerard F. Smith, Dale Robinson, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING TO EXPEDITE APPEAL

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal addresses the sufficiency of a diligent search and inquiry under Mississippi's summons by publication rule, Miss. Rules of Civil Procedure 4(c)(4)(A). This Court determines that the publication notice was insufficient because of inadequate search and inquiry to support an unknown address affidavit.

Betty Lu Caldwell (Hall), appearing specially to contest the...

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