Solomon v. Keiser

This is the defendant’s appeal from the trial court’s order opening a stipulated judgment1 and releasing funds escrowed pursuant thereto. The defendant claims that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to open the judgment because more than four months had elapsed since entry of that judgment.2 We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

This appeal arises out of an action for specific performance of a contract by which the plaintiff was to purchase certain real estate from the defendant. At an earlier stage, we dismissed the defendant’s appeal for lack of a final judgment. The Supreme Court…