Legal Opinion

Callahan v. Wadsworth, Ltd.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 14, 1983No. 81CA0565PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge.

Defendants appeal a default judgment entered by the district court resulting from the partnership’s failure to comply with the court’s order compelling discovery. The partnership argues that the district court was without authority to enter the default judgment since there was no specific finding that the partnership’s failure to comply with the order was willful and in bad faith. We affirm.

Callahan is the payee and Wadsworth, the partnership, is the payor under a promissory note for the sum of $100,000. Callahan filed suit alleging default on payment of the note which called for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hartman v. FreedmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
  2. Zambruk v. Perlmutter 3rd Generation Builders, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Petrini v. SidwellColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Braxton v. LuffColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. E. & E. Bonding Co. v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Elletson v. RiggleDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2007
  2. Muck v. StubblefieldColorado Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. McRill v. Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of St. PetersburgColorado Court of Appeals · 1984

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