Woodruff v. Riley

Opinion

WEST, J.

This appeal requires us to determine whether the trial court, after finding that the defendant Roberta Smith Riley 1 had received notice via certified mail of the pending action, properly denied her motion to open the default judgment. 2 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The facts underlying this action reflect an unfortunate situation in which adjoining landowners are not able to relate to one another in a neighborly fashion. As a consequence of the animosity between the parties, the plaintiff, Clifford G. Woodruff, commenced an action against the defendant and her now…