Williams v. Moore

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to set aside the entry of default and default judgment. A motion to set aside entry of default and default judgment is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Acceptance Corp. v. Samuels, 11 N.C. App. 504, 510, 181 S.E.2d 794, 798 (1971). The trial court’s order ruling on such a motion will not be disturbed absent a showing of abuse of discretion.

The defendant first argues the entry of default and default judgment are void because they were entered before the time to answer plaintiffs’ complaint had…