Hill v. Bailey

Carley, Judge.

Appellee-plaintiffs filed suit and appellant-defendants, having been properly served with the complaint, retained counsel and filed their answer and a counterclaim. Appellants’ counsel, after receiving the permission of the trial court and giving notice to his clients, subsequently withdrew from the representation. Appellants did not re*414tain new counsel for approximately one year.

During the period in which appellants were without counsel, the case was placed on the trial calendar. However, appellees’ counsel notified the court of the illness of one of the appellants and requested…