Cornerstone Land Consultants, Inc. v. Chapman

The issue we address on this appeal is whether a judge may sua sponte vacate a final judgment after execution has issued.

The plaintiff filed this action to recover professional fees for land surveying and consulting work performed for the defendant. Interrogatories and requests for production of documents were served on the defendant. The defendant, acting pro se, failed to serve answers to (he interrogatories, and the plaintiff served the defendant with notice of its intent to move for final judgment if the answers to the interrogatories were not made within thirty days of the date of…