Upham v. Boaz Well Service, Inc.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

By judgment entered as a default judgment in behalf of plaintiff Boaz Well Service, Inc., on February 4, 1961, there was a decree purporting to establish in personam liability for $9,690.50, plus $3,230.17, amounting to a total of $12,920.67, against Ida I. Upham, a widow, and against a trust estate created under the authority of the will of her deceased husband, Chester R. Upham.

We take occasion to state the foregoing in connection with our interpretation and construction of the judgment, as same is to be regarded as an in personam judgment, because of the language…