Crotts v. Camel Pawn Shop, Inc.

BROCK, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the trial judge’s order vacating an entry of default.

An entry of default is only an interlocutory act looking toward the subsequent entry of a final judgment by default and is more in the nature of a formal matter; 6 J. Moore, Federal Practice, par. 55.10 [1], p. 1827 (2d Ed. 1966) ; and a court might feel justified in setting aside an entry of default on a showing that would not move it to set aside a default judgment. Moore, supra, par. 55.10 [2], p. 1831; see Whaley v. Rhodes, 10 N.C. App. 109, 177 S.E. 2d 735.

When an entry of default has been made by…