United States v. Edgewater Dyeing & Finishing Co.

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is a motion, by the defendant to set aside a default judgment.

The complaint was filed August 15, 1952. An appearance was entered for the defendant by a firm of attorneys and subsequently withdrawn. The reason given by attorneys in their petition for leave to withdraw was that their client had refused to cooperate with them, so that they were unable to prepare an answer. No answer was ever filed, and more than four years later, on October 16, 1956, the Clerk entered a default and, the same day, entered a judgment against the defendant reciting that the defendant…