Maple Leaf Canvas, Inc. v. Rogers

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The sole issue in this case is whether the circuit court abused its discretion in entering a default judgment against the appellant, Maple Leaf Canvas, Inc. We hold that it did not, and we affirm the judgment.

The appellees, Michael Rogers and Serena Rogers, reside in Hot Springs in Garland County, and Maple Leaf does business in North Little Rock in Pulaski County. In April 1989, Maple Leaf sold a 175-foot canvas canopy to the appellees. That canopy developed problems and was replaced under warranty a year later by the manufacturer, United Textile. The second canopy…