Hill v. Townsend

This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 60 (b), A.R.Civ.P., motion to relieve plaintiffs from a final judgment and reinstate their case on the trial docket; that motion was filed after the circuit court had dismissed the action for want of prosecution.

Kenneth Dale Hill and his insurer, Amherst Insurance Company, filed this action on August 9, 1982. The complaint named as defendants the sheriff of Lauderdale County and two of his deputies and alleged that the deputies had contributed to the loss of Hill's property by fire when they refused to allow fire trucks to enter the premises where…