Snyder v. Consolidated Highway Co.

Defendant assigns that the court

erred in denying its motion to set aside the order of default and judgment. Section 1-907, Oregon Code 1930, affording relief to a party against whom a judgment has been taken by default on account of his mistake, inadvertence or excusable neglect, is a remedial statute and is given a remedial interpretation: McFarlane v. McFarlane, 45 Or. 360 (77 P. 837); Thompson v. Con nell, 31 Or. 231 (48 P. 467, 65 Am. St. Rep. 818); Fildew v. Milner, 57 Or. 16 (109 P. 1092); Bratt v. State Industrial Accident Comm., 114 Or. 644 (236 P. 478); McCoy v. Huntley, 53 Or. 229…