The Wanda Myers Living Trust v. NEA LG LE

Nea Lg Le (“Appellant”) appeals from a default judgment entered against him in the Circuit Court of Jackson County in favor of the Wanda Myers Living Trust (“Respondent”). For the following reasons, the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

In March 2009, Respondent renewed the lease on one of its properties to a dry cleaning business that had been operating there for many years. The renewed lease was to run until May 31, 2013. Later in 2009, Appellant purchased that dry cleaning business from the previous owner. Eventually,…