CBM Collections, Inc. v. Ferreira

115 P.3d 211 (2005)

2005 MT 170

CBM COLLECTIONS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Fred FERREIRA, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 04-680.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted on Briefs May 4, 2005.

Decided July 1, 2005.

For Appellant: Anthony L. Silvestri and Torrance L. Coburn, Tipp & Buley, Missoula, Montana.

For Respondent: Elizabeth A. Ries-Simpson, Attorney at Law, Missoula, Montana.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Fred Ferreira appeals from the District Court's judgment affirming the Justice Court's denial of his motion to set aside because the thirty-day deadline…