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DORIAN JONES v. AUTOMATED BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 13, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Dorian Jones, Johnson City, Tennessee, pro se appellant.

Attorneys 2: Ricky Lee McVey, II, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellees, Automated Building Systems Inc. and Carol Ann Graybeal.

Judge(s): DAVIS

Appellant sued appellees alleging breach of contract, fraud, and property damage. The trial court granted separate default judgments against the two appellees. Appellees moved the trial court to set aside the default judgments due to a lack of personal jurisdiction and due to mistake, inadvertence, or excusable neglect. The trial court set aside the default judgments over the objections of appellant, and the case proceeded to a bench trial. The trial court involuntarily dismissed appellant’s complaint at the conclusion of his case-in-chief. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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