State ex rel. Mayweather v. Bondurant

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

By application for mandamus, relator seeks an order upon respondent circuit judge to reinstate a third party petition. This court issued its alternative writ, and the cause is now presented for final determination.

Relator was originally sued in a magistrate court by the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company on a subrogation claim for property damages. That claim arose out of an automobile accident on July 16, 1973, in which an automobile driven by relator collided with that of Aetna’s insured. Relator defaulted in the magistrate court, and a judgment was entered against her from…