Tucker v. Williams

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. After H & G Construction, Inc., filed two construction liens on Tyrone Williams and Sharon Williams’s property, the Williamses filed a complaint in the Hinds County Chancery Court accusing H & G and Herbert Tucker of slander of title. 1 The Williamses attempted to serve H&G and Tucker with service of process. When neither H&G nor Tucker responded, the Williamses obtained a default judgment against both. Having unsuccessfully moved to set aside the default judgments, H&G and Tucker appeal. According to H&G and Tucker, the chancery court did not have personal…