Diversified Equipment Leasing Corp. v. Booth

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion made by the garnishee defendant to set aside a default judgment.

Plaintiff Diversified Equipment Leasing obtained a judgment against Douglas Booth in the amount of $11,500 on September 8, 1971. Subsequently plaintiff obtained a writ of garnishment against the Model Cities Development Corporation (hereinafter Model Cities). Due to the negligence of its attorney, * no one appeared on behalf of Model Cities at a series of hearings on the matter, and a default judgment was entered on August 13, 1973.

Approximately a month later, Model Cities filed a…