Peterson v. Eitzen

BECKER, Justice.

Defendant filed a motion, under rule 252, Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, to vacate a default judgment taken against him on November 8, 1968 and filed on November 14, 1968. The judgment was rendered on three divisions of the petition for $8607, $4360 and $1296 or a total of $14,263, plus interest from varying dates. After hearing on the motion, the trial court refused to vacate the judgment. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

I. The facts giving rise to the difficult situation now facing this court began well before the present action began. Two lawsuits involving the same parties…