Plumley v. May

How courts have described this case

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• holding that good cause can be established “by showing some adventitious circumstance beyond [the aggrieved party’s] control” and that he/she “was free from neglect”
• holding that good cause can be established \by showing some adventitious circumstance beyond [the aggrieved party's] control\ and that he/she \was free from neglect\
• Florida resident’s lack of actual knowledge of lawsuit excused default, notwithstanding valid service of process made pursuant to West Virginia non-resident motorist statute
• Florida resident's lack of actual knowledge of lawsuit excused default, notwithstanding valid service of process made pursuant to West Virginia non-resident motorist statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Intercity Realty Company v. Gibson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-07-07· cited 116×
• Covington v. Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-07-11· cited 39×
• Hamilton Watch Company v. Atlas Container, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1972-08-01· cited 34×
• Romeo v. Looks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-29· cited 30×
• Bego v. Bego
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-11-14· cited 28×
• Stillwell v. City of Wheeling
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-01-11· cited 22×
• Cheek v. Norton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1962-07-10· cited 21×
• Cordell v. Jarrett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-12-09· cited 21×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Post v. Carr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1896-04-04· cited 33×