D'AGINCOURT v. Anderson Foreign Motors, Inc.

The issue in this action in debt is whether the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to vacate and strike the default judgment against it constituted an abuse of discretion and denied defendant due process of law. We answer both questions in the negative and uphold the decision of the trial court.

On December 7, 1977, plaintiff brought suit against defendant, a foreign corporation, by service on the secretary of state in compliance with RSA 300:12. The secretary mailed a copy of the writ to the defendant at 394 Washington Street, Woburn, Massachusetts, the address furnished by the…