Legal Opinion
Willette v. Umhoeffer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 7, 1970PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, Justice.
This is the second effort of the defendant to avoid the consequences of a default judgment. On the record before us the case is governed by the doctrine of finality of judgments. The Court cannot permit the needless protraction of litigation.
The underlying facts were fully set forth in our prior opinion in Willette v. Umhoeffer (1968) 245 A.2d (Me.) 540 and need not be repeated at length. Suffice it to say that defendant’s initial failure was in not filing timely answer to plaintiff’s complaint. His opportunity to seek the aid of the court in this respect was lost when he…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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