Rodger v. Seager

This is a suit for strict foreclosure of a land sale contract. The trial court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a default judgment and subsequently entered a decree of strict foreclosure. Defendants moved to set aside the default judgment. The motion was denied and defendants appeal.

After about one year’s effort on plaintiffs’ part to induce defendants to perform their contract, this suit for strict foreclosure was filed. Defendants were served with a summons and complaint on April 30, 1976, in Jackson County. They left for Utah on May 6, 1976, where Lewis Seager entered a Veterans…