Kribben v. Eckelkamp

This was a suit in the Law Commissioner’s Court to recover compensation for services as an attorney at law. The summons was returnable to the August term, 1861, and was then returned properly served. No answer was filed, and at the December term, 1861, a judgment was taken by default. The defendant filed a motion to set aside the judgment, which motion was subsequently overruled, and the defendant appealed to this. court from the judgment overruling the motion. Affidavits were filed in support of the motion and others in opposition to it.

The defendant’s own affidavit stated that he had a…