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BURKETT v. BURKETT

No. 58143.

537 So.2d 443 (1989)

Lyndia BURKETT v. Earl D. BURKETT, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mignon A. Mestayer, Ferrell & Hubbard, Jackson, for appellant.

John C. McLaurin, Jr., McLaurin & McLaurin, Brandon, for appellee.

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

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case asks that we consider the time limitations within which a defendant must act in order to obtain relief from a judgment or order under Rule 60(b), Miss.R.Civ. P. In the context of a judgment by default, Earl Burkett made his application for relief seven months and eight days following entry of the judgment against him. Rule 60(b)(6) authorizes relief from judgment on grounds of "any other reason justifying relief...

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