Nevada Industrial Guaranty Co. v. Sturgeon

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, C. J.:

Respondent caused a default judgment to be entered against appellant upon respondent’s complaint for damages for breach of contract. The only question presented to this court is whether the court below abused its discretion in denying appellant’s motion to set aside the default judgment.

Personal service was made on defendant May 7, 1963, by service on its resident agent, Howard Babcock, in Clark County, Nevada. Babcock, on that date, forwarded the summons and complaint to the appellant and informed it that it had 20 days within which to answer the complaint.1…