Dixie Savings Stores, Inc. v. Turner

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves a collateral attack on the validity of a 1981 judgment of the Chancery Court for Hamilton County. The validity issue arose when the judgment creditor filed an action in the Chancery Court for Marion County seeking to enforce the judgment. Following a bench trial, the trial court determined that the Hamilton County judgment was void and ordered the release of the lien lis pendens. The judgment creditor has appealed, insisting that the Hamilton County judgment is valid. We agree and, therefore, reverse the trial court’s decision.

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Paul W. Turner operated a…