Legal Opinion

Adams v. Lawson

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided December 9, 1968No. 5537Published

1Opinion of the Court

448 P.2d 695 (1968)

Kenneth ADAMS, doing business as Sambo's Pancakes and Clarence E. Matthews, Appellants,

v.

Gordon LAWSON, Respondent.

No. 5537.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 9, 1968.

Woodburn, Forman, Wedge, Blakey, Folsom & Hug, Reno, for appellants.

Richard C. Minor, Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Chief Justice:

The district court denied the defendants' Rule 60(b) (1) motion to set aside a default judgment entered against them.[1] This appeal is from that ruling. The motion was timely made in good faith and tendered a meritorious defense. The validity of the discretionary order turns…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Shearman v. JorgensenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Hotel Last Frontier Corp. v. Frontier Properties, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Baratti v. BarattiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
  4. Bowles v. Beatrice Creamery Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  5. British America Assur. Co. v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943

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