Washington v. Anderson

This appeal stems from a judgment debtor’s effort to have a default judgment set aside upon the grounds (1) that a foreign judgment, upon which the domestic judgment was based, was void, and (2) that the statutory notice, required for a default judgment upon substituted service of process, was deficient.

The facts are undisputed. * In March 1984, appellee Maxine Anderson was granted “Summary Judgment by default” against appellant Wilbur H. Washington for $1,772.47, plus interest and costs, in the District Court of Maryland for Prince George’s County. Washington, a Virginia resident, was served…