Seifert v. Keating

We are here concerned with a default decree. The appellant wishes it vacated. The trial court’s order denied appellant’s motion to set aside the default and the decree based thereon.

The parties involved are brother and sister. They are the only surviving children of their deceased parents. The defendant is, or has been for upwards of 26 years, a member of a religious order. During the lifetime of the parents, all parties apparently enjoyed a closely-knit family relationship, After the death of the parents in the fall of 1953, the children’s difficulties began. The trouble concerned the…