US Bank National Ass'n v. Arnold

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Dennis Arnold1 appealed from an order denying his motion to vacate default judgment. Concluding the district court’s findings of fact were not clearly erroneous and the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to vacate default judgment, we affirm.

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[¶ 2] Arnold, who owned and operated Denny’s Lumber in Steele, North Dakota, was a longtime acquaintance of Roy Hack-man, then an 84-year-old resident of a Steele nursing home. In March 1999, Hackman issued a $50,000 check to Arnold, apparently as payment for Arnold to begin construction of a…