Copeland Planned Futures, Inc. v. Obenchain

— The question presented is whether a default judgment, entered in New York against a nonresident defendant on his unpaid promissory note pursuant to New York’s Simplified Procedure for Court Determination of Disputes as authorized by the note, is entitled to full faith and credit in Washington.We hold the judgment to be so entitled and affirm the judgment for the reasons later stated.

On April 24, 1963, defendant Dean F. Obenchain, then a New York resident, entered into a program with plaintiff Copeland Planned Futures, Inc. in New York to finance the former’s payment of life insurance…