ORIX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. MURPHY

1070996.

9 So.3d 1241 (2008)

ORIX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. John Allen MURPHY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Romaine S. Scott III of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles M. Ingrum, Jr., of Ingrum, Rice & Parr, Opelika, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

Orix Financial Services, Inc., appeals the order of the Lee Circuit Court holding the default judgment Orix obtained against Opelika resident John Allen Murphy in a New York court void. We reverse and remand.

I.

On February 7, 1998, Murphy executed a promissory note pursuant to which he agreed to pay Orix $67,048.1 That promissory note contained the following clause:

"As part of the consideration...

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