Estate of Pollack v. McMurrey

OPINION

GAMMAGE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a default judgment rendered against the Estate of Sheldon Pollack through its executors. The executors of the estate, collectively, the Estate, moved to have the default judgment set aside. This motion was cast as a motion for new trial. The trial court denied the motion. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment, approving the trial court’s denial of the Estate’s motion for new trial. 1991 WL 19846. The issue presented here is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to set aside the default judgment against the Estate. We hold…