Trimark Partners, L.L.C. v. HST, L.L.C.

By Judge Stanley P. Klein

Defendants HST, L.L.C., William C. Harrison, and Frank Smerbeck move this Court to set aside a judgment in favor of Trimark Partners, L.L.C., in the sum of $450,000, plus interest, which Jimmie D. Mitchell confessed against them in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County. The Court has considered the evidence presented, the written and oral arguments of counsel, and the applicable authorities. For the reasons set out in this letter opinion, the Motion to Set Aside Confessed Judgment is granted as to Harrison but is denied as to HST and Smerbeck.

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