Comstock Construction Co. v. LHG Investment Co.

On October 5, 1981, the trial court entered an order of default against defendant LHG Investment Company (defendant) and an order dismissing defendant’s counterclaim. Defendant appeals as of right from the trial court’s refusal to set those orders aside.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. On June 20, 1980, plaintiff filed a complaint in the District Court for the 86th Judicial District seeking to recover $9,297 it claimed that defendant owed for construction work it performed on a condominium unit owned by defendant. Defendant denied that it owed the amount claimed because it contended…