Law Offices of Clark v. Altman

I dissent.

In April 1979, Murphy Clark, an attorney, provided legal services to the defendant, David Altman, also an attorney. When Altman refused to pay for the services, Clark sued to recover the money owed. Despite proper service, Altman failed to appear in or respond to the lawsuit, and default judgment was entered against him in the amount of $5,799.70.

On March 18, 1980, the court ordered that a bond posted by Altman be turned over to Clark. This left $388.13 still owing under the default judgment order. To satisfy this debt, Clark caused real property owned by Altman to be sold at an…