Treutler v. Halligan

Neither defendant nor his attorney appeared in the court below when this cause was called in its order for trial. As there was no appearance, the cause was submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict for plaintiff, upon which the court rendered judgment. At the same term defendant entered a motion to vacate the judgment and for leave to make defense to the action, but the motion was overruled.

Where there has been no abuse of that discretion with which circuit courts are clothed, the action of the court in disposing of such motions as the one made in this case will not be reviewed in this…