Pamelin Industries, Inc. v. Sheen-U.S.A., Inc.

Williams, J. —

This case concerns a collateral attack on a default judgment entered against defendants (respondents) Sheen-U.S.A., Inc., and others. The Court of Appeals held the default judgment void and set it aside. We reverse.

Plaintiffs (petitioners) Pamelin Industries, Inc., and others, sued defendants for breach of a contract to purchase Pamelin by assuming its debts and purchasing the stock of the individual plaintiffs. Pamelin has since been adjudged a bankrupt.

At a deposition of individual defendants a promise was made to furnish various documents, and plaintiffs later served requests…