Schneider v. Ostwald

Defendant, George Ostwald, a Stillwater County resident, appeals from an order of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Big Horn County finding the defendant in contempt of court and denying a motion to set aside a default judgment entered against the defendant.

Plaintiffs, three sisters and a brother of the defendant, filed a complaint against defendant seeking $10,000 damages for the defendant’s alleged wrongful taking of the plaintiffs’ inheritance. The complaint further sought an accounting of this inheritance. On February 13, 1979, the complaint was served upon the defendant. The…