Legal Opinion
Knight v. Davis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 3, 1978PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case seeks review of a default judgment entered against Appellant, Larry James Knight, for failure to appear at trial. We reverse and remand.
On December 3, 1975, Knight, while driving his automobile, struck and injured the minor Plaintiff-Appellee, Staicy O'Neil Davis. Suit was filed on April 6, 1976; served in August; and an Answer was filed on September 13.
Trial was originally set for January 26, 1977, but was reset for April 4. (The propriety of this resetting is not before the Court.) On April 1, allegedly without Knight's knowledge, the trial Court granted Knight's attorney's…
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