Folse v. Stennett-Yancey

PITTMAN, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal presents the question of the applicability of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically Rule 55 and its notice provisions, to garnishment actions. Paula Stennett-Yancey received a default judgment in a garnishment action. Glenn Folse, the judgment debtor, claimed that he was entitled to notice of those proceedings before default judgment could be granted. The Court of Appeals reversed the Lauderdale County Circuit Court’s refusal to set the default judgment aside. This Court granted Stennett-Yan-cey’s Petition for Writ of…