Scrafield v. Sheeler

At the September term, 1885, of the court below, the appellee, Sheeler, took a judgment by default against the appellant, Scrafield, for the sum of three hundred sixty-three dollars and fifty cents, which the defendant at the same term moved the court to set aside.

The motion was supported by affidavits excusing the default by showing that, in point of fact, the defendant had not been served with summons. She stated positively in her affidavit that she was not served; that she was not at home when the deputy sheriff came there, and was corroborated by a disinterested witness, who saw the…