Holbrook v. Halpern Enterprises, Inc.

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Appellee filed suit for rent due under a contract against the appellant. After answering, the appellant, filed a motion for summary judgment which was overruled. The case came on for trial at which the appellant did not appear. The trial judge struck the appellant’s answer and entered judgment for appellee.

The appellant filed a motion for new trial and asserted that he did not receive notice. Appellant’s attorney recited by affidavit that during the pendency of the suit he had moved offices; that he had given the U. S. Postal Service notice of the change of address;…