Peterson v. Hutton

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court which overruled a motion, made by the appellant H. Hutton, to vacate a default and the decree entered thereon in a suit wherein he, his Avife and three others were the defendants. The facts which culminated in this motion Ave shall now state briefly. March 20, 1916, the appellant and his wife executed a promissory note for the sum of $2,800 and secured payment of the same by a chattel mortgage. January 22, 1929, respondent, as owner of the note, instituted this suit to recover judgment thereon for the unpaid balance, amounting to $925, and…