Carter v. Paige

Plaintiff had judgment in the court below. Defendant appeals from the judgment upon the judgment-roll alone.

The judgment-roll shows that, after defendant had answered the original complaint, an amended complaint was filed on the sixth day of June, 1887. There was no answer to the amended complaint. On July 23d—about forty-seven days after the filing of the amended complaint—the court rendered judgment for plaintiff. This judgment commences as follows: “In this action the defendant, Timothy Paige, having been regularly served with process, and having failed to appear and answer to the…