Sanders v. Travelers Indemnity Company

HAYES, District Judge.

This is an action to recover of defendant $5000 on a liability insurance policy issued by defendant in favor of Alford Chavis as an assigned risk under the North Carolina Compulsory Financial Responsibility Act. Chapter 1006, Public Laws of North Carolina, 1947. Plain tiff secured a judgment by default against the insured, Chavis; later he, through this defendant’s attorneys, filed a motion to set the judgment aside for excusable neglect. The motion was denied by the trial judge which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Sanders v. Chavis, 243 N.C. 380,…