Columbia Production Credit Ass'n v. Polk

The only question presented by this appeal of Mr. and Mrs. Polk is whether this Court should reverse the decree of the Chancery Court wherein that Court overruled a motion of Mr. and Mrs. Polk to set aside a decree pro confesso previously entered against them on the ground that the “motion fails to show good cause why said pro confesso should be set aside”. Such showing is a condition precedent required by Code Section 10456.

An order pro confesso is a step taken preparatory to the trial and final disposition of business pending in Court. The timely and orderly dispatch of such business makes…