McKinnon v. Shoemaker

Pope, Judge.

Appellee landlord Shoemaker filed a dispossessory warrant on appellant tenant McKinnon seeking rentals due of $1,226 on May 20, 1982. McKinnon admitted possession and refusal to give up the premises, but denied the remainder of the allegations. The record indicates that a hearing was scheduled and continued several times until it was finally set and held on August 10, 1982. Neither McKinnon nor his attorney was present in court. The trial judge announced that the case was to have been heard the previous day, but counsel for McKinnon had called in and said he was sick, so the case…