White v. Trantham

This case concerns the appropriateness of the entry of a default judgment.

The plaintiffs, who are reputed detectives in the Montgomery area, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County against the Commissioner of the State Department of Revenue (Department). The complaint requested the court to order the defendant to furnish them with information regarding the owners of property listed by the Department pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, Ala. Code (1975), §§35-12-20 through -48.

On the day the case was scheduled for trial, counsel for the defendant did not…