Bloniarz v. Roloson

On December 6, 1966, the Municipal Court of the Santa Monica Judicial District entered a default judgment for $1,715 in favor of plaintiff. On September 14, 1967, defendant filed a notice of motion to vacate the judgment and the entry of default upon which it was based on the ground that they “were procured by extrinsic fraud and/or extrinsic mistake.’’ This motion was denied on September 26, 1967. Defendant appeals.

Although plaintiff resisted the motion on the merits, he also urged that a municipal court does not have jurisdiction to entertain a motion to vacate a judgment obtained by…