McDonald's Corp. v. Hawkins

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The present case is the second appeal in this matter. In McDonald’s Corp. v. Hawkins, 315 Ark. 487, 868 S.W.2d 78 (1994), we observed that the chancellor, in his letter opinion, had found in McDonald’s favor that Ark. R. Civ. P. 60(b) allows ninety days within which to set aside a judgment for excusable neglect and had then entertained the merits of McDonald’s motion to set aside the default judgment. Consequently, we dismissed the appeal on the basis of mootness. Regarding the appeal now before us, it is necessary to affirm the trial court, as will be seen,…