Legal Opinion
State, Department of Natural Resources v. Van Keppel
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1991No. 06A01-9106-CV-180PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Judge.
The State of Indiana, through its Department of Natural Resources (the DNR), appeals the trial court's denial of its motion to set aside a default judgment entered in favor of Gerritt Van Keppel in Van Kep-pel's breach of contract action against the DNR and the Lake County Drainage Board (Lake County).
The DNR challenges both the denial of the motion to set aside and the $1,212,-996.28 in damages awarded to Van Keppel in a post-default damages hearing. Because we reverse on the first question, however, we need not address the second.
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