Joseph Pierce v. Steve McMullen

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal out of Kootenai County from a judgment dismissing Mr. Pierce’s complaint seeking damages he sustained in what he contended was a foreclosure scam. Only Mr. McMullen, a Defendant, appeared in the action, but he did not deny the allegations of wrongdoing in the complaint. When Mr. McMullen failed to appear at the trial, the district court ordered that he was in default, that Mr. Pierce prevailed on his complaint, and that he could present evidence of his damages. Mr. Pierce did so, but the district court later dismissed the action on the ground that Mr. Pierce…