Planters' Lumber Co. v. Sibley

The appellant, a corporation doing business in Jackson, Miss., was the plaintiff in the court below, and the appellee’s intestate, who lived at Rome, Miss., was the defendant, and the action is for the recovery by the plaintiff of the balance alleged to be due by the defendant on an account for lumber sold and delivered. The summons issued after the filing of the declaration was served on the defendant on September 28, 1920, and on March 22, 1921, ■the second day of the term of court to which the cause was returnable, the defendant failing to appear and plead, a judgment by default was…