Dillard v. Leonard

OPINION

BIERY, Justice.

William Leonard sued Steven Dillard, C. & C. Produce Company, Inc. and Michael Chavers for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident. Leonard obtained a default judgment against Dillard in the amount of $1,080,000. Dillard appeals to this court by writ of error. We hold that the default judgment was interlocutory and was properly set aside by the trial court. Accordingly, we have no final judgment before us and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

The chronology of pertinent events is as follows:(a) The citation directed to petitioner Dillard…