Stephens v. Bruce

In cases of this character, it is well settled, under the decisions of this court, that to justify relief against the judgment rendered, complainant must not only show a want of notice or knowledge of the suit, but “he must go further, and show, both in averment and proof, that he had and has a defense good in law, and in what that defense consists.” Dunklin v. Wilson, 64 Ala. 162; Fields v. Henderson, 161 Ala. 534, 50 So. 56; McDonald v. Cawhorn, 152 Ala. 357, 44 So. 395; Robinson v. Reid, 50 Ala. 69; Prudential Casualty Co. v. Kerr, 202 Ala. 259. 80 So. 97. The first essential; a want of…