Consolidated Resources, Inc. v. Siess

LABORDE, Judge.

In this case, John and Alberta Seiss appeal a judgment awarding Consolidated Resources, Inc. a default judgment. We hold that an answer filed by a court appointed attorney can have no effect on a nonresident defendant over whom there was no personal jurisdiction and affirm the trial court.

FACTS

This case arose as a result of a prior proceeding entitled John D. Siess, et ux v. Vinton Oil and Gas Corporation, et al bearing docket number 86-1647. On May 15, 1981, John D. Siess and Alberta Pierce Siess (appellants in the present litigation) entered into an Assignment of Leases and…