Sanders v. Johnson

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, Robert Johnson, commenced this action against the *40appellant, Ronnie Sanders, on August 19, 1985, seeking damages for injuries sustained in an automobile collision. A default judgment was entered against Sanders, and this interlocutory appeal followed from the denial of his “motion to quash and traverse purported service and motion to set aside default judgment.”

On August 21, 1985, a lieutenant with the Fayette County Sheriffs Office attempted to serve Sanders at his residence. Sanders was not at home, but his father happened to be at the residence and…