Motor Sport Engineering, Inc. v. Car Point, Inc.

Appellants, Motor Sport Engineering, Inc., and Louis Masciarelli and Arthur Mas-ciarelli, (Masciarellis), appeal adverse default judgments. We reverse.

Appellants and appellee, Car Point, Inc., were unable to resolve a contractual dispute over the purchase of a custom automobile. Appellee sued appellants on several theories, including civil theft.

Appellants filed a motion to dismiss, and sought to be represented by an out-of-state lawyer. The trial court denied appellants’ motion to dismiss, denied the out-of-state lawyer’s request to defend appellants, and ordered appellants to file an answer…