Legal Opinion
Richter v. Ercolini
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 11, 2010No. Docket: Cum-09-304PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] Walter and Jayne Ercolini appeal from an entry of a default judgment in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.). The Ercolinis contend that the court abused its discretion by (1) denying their motion to set aside the clerk’s entry of default, and (2) failing to conduct an evi-dentiary hearing before entering a default judgment. We affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] In August 2008, Susanne Richter filed a complaint against the Ercolinis concerning a boundary dispute between adjacent land parcels owned by the parties in Gray. Based on her claim that the Ercolin-is had…
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