Martin v. Palmertree

SMITH, Justice.

James Martin and Andrew McQueen, Jr., appeal from judgment entered against them by default by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County in favor of U. L. Pal-mertree, appellee.

Appellants were defendants in a suit for damages brought against them by Palmer-tree, who alleged that he had been injured in an automobile collision caused by negligence on the part of McQueen in operating an automobile of Martin in Mississippi, while acting as Martin’s agent.

Summons for Martin, a non-resident of Mississippi, living in Chicago, was served on April 20, 1973, as provided by Mississippi Code…