Lake Towers, Inc. v. Axelrod

WALDEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Lake Towers, Inc., seeks review of an order striking its responsive pleadings and entering a default judgment against it. We treat the application as. a petition for writ of certiorari.

Plaintiff Axelrod filed his complaint and lis pendens on October 16, 1967. On November 8, 1967, the date a response was due, defendant mailed motions to dismiss, to strike and to dismiss lis pendens. These were received by plaintiff postmarked November 9, 1967. All three motions were filed November 13, 1967.

Two days later plaintiff moved to strike defendant’s pleadings and for…