Ryland v. Manor Care, Inc.

This appeal involves a chancery suit brought under the provisions of Code § 8.01-248(D) and challenges the circuit court’s judgment setting aside a default judgment. Because we cannot say that the court’s judgment was plainly wrong or without evidence to support it, we will affirm that judgment.

MATERIAL FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Manor Care, Inc. and Manor Care of America, Inc. (collectively “Manor Care”), filed a bill of complaint, seeking to set aside a default judgment that previously had been entered against it in favor of Elizabeth Ann Long Ryland, executrix for the estate of Polly E. Long…