Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

David E. Smith, Special Justice.

Citicorp Industrial Credit, Inc., appeals the entry of a default judgment against it in favor of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The case presents the issue of whether a foreign corporation has thirty days to respond to a summons and complaint or whether it is limited to twenty days. Citicorp asks this court to interpret the term “non-resident” as used in Rule 12(a) of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over this appeal under Rule 29(l)(c) of the Rules of the Supreme Court because it involves an interpretation of the Arkansas Rules…