DENNIS v. JONES

Record No. 890868.

393 S.E.2d 390 (1990)

Ellen DENNIS v. Terry JONES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Spencer (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Arnold R. Henderson (Wilder, Gregory & Martin, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING and LACY, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this personal injury action arising from a motor vehicle collision, we review the trial court's refusal to set aside a default judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff. The judgment was based on service of process upon the defendant as a nonresident through the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The dispositive question on appeal is whether the judgment was void for failure to...

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