Coleman v. 15th & Cary, L.L.C.

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

This is an action to enforce a settlement. It is before the court on plaintiffs motion for a default judgment which, since this is a chancery cause, the court interprets as a motion to have the bill of complaint taken for confessed, and on defendant’s motion for an extension of time to file responsive pleadings.

The bill of complaint alleges that, in June 2004, the parties entered into an agreement settling a then-pending lawsuit between them. In that lawsuit, George F. Coleman, Jr., as successor trustee of two trusts, sought to require 15th and Cary, L.L.C., a…