Plumley v. May

GxveN, Judge:

Involved in this case is the question whether “good cause” has been shown by the defendant Ealph May for the setting aside of a default judgment for five thousand dollars, entered by the Circuit Court of Ealeigh County, in favor of the plaintiff, Mitchell Plumley, as permitted by Code, 56-4-52. The circuit court denied the motion of May to set aside the judgment. This Court granted this writ of error.

The claim for damages upon which the action was based grew out of a collision, between a pick-up truck owned and driven by plaintiff and a tractor truck owned by May, on a public…