Cropper v. Graves

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the appellants, defendants below, showed sufficient cause or controversy to strike out a judgment entered against them by confession and have said controversy submitted to a jury for determination.

On April 16, 1957, the appellee obtained a judgment by confession against the appellants in the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Within the time permitted by Maryland Rule 645 b, the appellants filed a motion to strike out the judgment, alleging that they were entitled to certain credits on the note, which the appellee had refused to give them.…