Turns out the tenant was not actually in jail. I went last week and won the case by default when the tenant did not show up. Then, yesterday I get a call from the tenant. She says that she showed up late and they rescheduled hearing for Thursday! I thought this was very strange since I never got a phone call or anything in the mail from the court. So I called the court today and they say it is rescheduled for Thursday. I asked court clerk how come I never received any notice and she said "the tenant called you, didn't she?" I said yes, but what if she just decided not to call me, I would never have known.
So now I have to go back to court tomorrow during the snowstorm.
It is unbelievable to me that I work overnight, live an hour away and manage to get there on time and win by default and then this slug that lives 5 minutes away, has no job or committments, just strolls in when they feel like and now I have to go back in again. And the court doesn't even notify me!