Legal Opinion
Master Equipment, Inc. v. Home Insurance Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-2295PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
NEWCOMER, District Judge.
The issue presently before the Court arises out of an often made and routinely handled motion in State court which is a Motion to Set Aside the Entry of a Default Judgment. The motion, in and of itself, is a rarity in Federal court where default judgments are not commonly entered. A discussion of the procedural steps taken by the parties will show what problems can arise when, an action commenced in State court is removed to Federal court, and this removal action is accompanied by a default judgment which has been entered in State court.
On December 1, 1970,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hornung v. Master Tank & Welding CompanyDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1957
- Shenandoah Chamber of Progress v. Frank Associates, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
- Miners Sav. Bank of Pittston v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
- Patterson v. Refinery Engineering Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 1960
3Cited by8 opinions
- Joyce R. Lawrence and Caroline Wilson v. Chancery Court of Tennessee Robert E. Corlew, Iii, Chancellor Carol McCoy Chancellor John A.W. Bratcher, Clerk and Master Claudia A. Bonnyman, Clerk and Master Chancery Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District and Chancery Court of the Twentieth Judicial DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1977
- Barrett v. Southern Railway Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1975
- Ramahi v. Hobart Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1980
- Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1993
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