Legal Opinion

Altmann v. Gabriel

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 15, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Brown county, Cox, J., presiding, setting aside a judgment by default, and giving leave to answer.

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.

This is an action for slander, commenced in the county of Brown, in July, 1879, by the personal service of the summons and complaint upon the defendant. The defendant did not interpose any answer or appearance in the action; and in November, 1879, the cause, upon the default of the defendant, was heard before the court, and a judgment ordered against the defendant for the sum of $500, which was entered on the sixth day of December, 1879. More than eleven months after the. entry of this judgment, the defendant moved the court, upon affidavits, to set aside his default and open the judgment,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Monette v. CrattSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1862

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Lane v. Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1907
  2. National Council of Knights and Ladies of Security v. CanterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  3. Dr. Shoop Family Medicine Co. v. OppligerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  4. McClure v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904

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