Sedlet Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Village Court, Ltd.

Application to set aside the judgment was made under sec. 269.46, Stats., 1 which gives a trial court discretion to relieve a party from a judgment obtained against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect. This court has taken a liberal view in setting aside judgments entered on cog-novits ; in fact, a much more liberal view than when the judgment is entered after service of process and an opportunity to put in a defense. Cases like the present one may be infrequent in this court in the future because the legislature by ch. 327 of the Laws of 1971 has repealed…