Barclay v. Crown Building & Development, Inc.

Defendants appeal as of right, challenging the circuit court’s entry of a default judgment against defendants and the court’s denial of defendants’ motion to set aside the default judgment. We affirm.

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Plaintiffs John M. Barclay and Gaye Snell filed this action alleging slander of title, MCL 565.108; MSA 26.1278, and to quiet title, on June 17, 1997. 1 Defend ant Thomas H. Christenson is the sole shareholder and president of defendant Crown Building and Development, Inc. Plaintiffs hired Melvin McCullough, a professional process server/private detective, to serve the summons and complaint.…