Legal Opinion

Whitney v. McDonough

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1995No. 94-121PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDEN, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a motion to set aside a default judgment was properly denied by the trial court. Appellant claims the trial court erred in rendering the default judgment and erred in awarding damages upon insufficient evidence at a hearing.

We affirm the order denying the motion to set aside the default judgment.

Appellant presents this issue:

Did the District Court abuse its discretion, when it refused to set aside a judgment by default, and thereby ratified and left standing a judgment by default, which was based upon incompetent, inadmissible and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ackermann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Vanasse v. RamsayWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Adel v. ParkhurstWyoming Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by13 opinions

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