Wheat v. Eakin

How courts have described this case

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• “Entry of default by the clerk should only be in the absence of any response by the defending party.”
• pro se defendant’s answer, although the form and language were less formal than customary, included a general denial of the claims against him, and he was entitled to Rule 55(b) notice
• \Default is not favored as a way to settle lawsuits. It is the policy of our system of judicial administration to favor disposition of cases on their merits.\ (citing Bell v. City of St. Louis , 467 So.2d 657 (Miss. 1985) )
• disposition of cases on their merits favored over default

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