Brown v. Beck

STANFORD, Chief Justice.

For the purpose of this appeal we will style the appellant, the defendant, and the appellee, the plaintiff, as they appeared in the superior court.

The issue to be determined in the case is did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying a motion to set aside default taken in this case ?

Complaint was filed July 12, 1945, and through a private process server, defendant was served according, to the return .on July 12, 1945 at 7:52 p. tn. The affidavit of service was filed with the clerk of the superior court July 14, 1945. Service was made in Maricopa County where the…