MacLean v. Reynolds

Defendants appealed from an order denying their application to vacate a judgment as default and for leave to answer and defend.

Plaintiff is a lawyer living and practicing in Minneapolis. He sned defendants to collect $25 for professional services. Time for answering expired December 12, 1927. Not having received an answer be entered judgment on December 14, 1927. Defendants reside in St. Paul. Their counsel dictated an answer on December 12, 1927, and one of their employes claims to have mailed it on that day. Plaintiff’s affidavit says he received the answer on December 16, 1927, and that it…