Bredeson v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

GUITTARD, Justice.

This suit was brought to recover an alleged mistaken second payment of bond interest made by plaintiff Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. to defendant Donna Gail Bredeson. The trial court rendered judgment for plaintiff upon defendant’s failure to appear for trial, and defendant appeals. We affirm on the ground that defendant’s motion for new trial fails to “set up a meritorious defense.”

Plaintiff alleges in its petition that defendant had an investment account with plaintiff which contained certain bonds, that plaintiff received from the obligor on these bonds an…