Oliphant v. Estate of Brunetti

OPINION

ORME, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal challenges the propriety of an independent action in which relief was granted from a default judgment that had been purportedly satisfied through payment of the underlying obligation. Especially given the coordination between the judge who entered the default judgment and the judge who decided the independent action, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Roger Oliphant had several financial dealings with Joseph and Florence Brunetti in the 1980s and 1990s. Their respective views of the transactions ultimately varied quite dramatically. Oliphant believed that (1) he was…