Yearwood, Johnson, Stanton & Crabtree, Inc. v. Foxland Development Venture

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This is an appeal of the chancellor’s refusal to set aside a default judgment he granted when the defendants failed to obey the court’s order to get new counsel and comply with discovery. We affirm the judgment of the court below.

Yearwood, Johnson, Stanton & Crabtree, Inc. filed an action to collect the fees due for architectural services on a development project. In the defendants’ answer, filed on January 20, 1988, the thrust of the defense was that the fees were not yet due because the project had not been suspended or abandoned nor had the developer made the first…