Hagar v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

HODGES, Chief Justice.

The sole issue before this Court is whether a default judgment entered in a garnishment proceeding without notice to the defaulting party is valid when the name and the address of the party or the party’s attorney is readily available. We find that it is not.

Bobby Hagar, plaintiff, recovered a judgment against defendant Michael Meeks. On the ninth, fifteenth, and twenty-second of December, Hagar issued garnishment summons on Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Goodyear), Meeks’ employer. Goodyear answered each of the summons and sent a check to the court clerk. Then on…