Frost v. Dodge

The appellees, who were the plaintiffs, brought this action against the appellants, who were the defendants, upon a promissory note- for the payment of $300. On the second day of the team, in which -the cause was set for trial, *140the defendants appeared by attorney, and having been ruled to answer, their appearance was withdrawn; when they were called and regularly defaulted; and, thereupon, a judgment, ^y default, was rendered against them. After this, on the fifth day of the term, William Frost, one of the defendants, moved to set aside the default, upon a written statement of the grounds on…