Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a petition brought to the County Court at its February Term, 1879, praying that a cause wherein the petitioner was defendant and the petitionee was plaintiff be brought forward on the docket, that a judgment by default, rendered therein at the August Term of said court, 1878, be stricken off, and that the petitioner have leave to enter and defend.
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This was a petition brought to the County Court at its February Term, 1879, praying that a cause wherein the petitioner was defendant and the petitionee was plaintiff be brought forward on the docket, that a judgment by default, rendered therein at the August Term of said court, 1878, be stricken off, and that the petitioner have leave to enter and defend. The petition alleged that the action was brought on a policy of insurance against fire issued by the petitioner to the petitioner’s ward to recover for an alleged loss, and that the petitioner had a good defense thereto in that the alleged…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
The petition in this cause was addressed to the County Court, and prayed that a cause in favor of the petitionee against the petitioner, in which a default had been entered at a *407previous term, might be brought forward upon the docket, the default be stricken, off, and the petitioner be permitted to enter and defend said suit. The petitionee moved to dismiss the petition. This motion was overruled, and the petitionee excepted.
' It appears from the exceptions that upon trial the County Court found that the attorney of the said insurance…
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