Gulf Oil Company v. Bill's Farm Center, Inc., and Billy Ray Danner, and Gloria Ann Danner, D/B/A Bill's Farm Center

Judgment affirmed. See Rule 14, Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

The action of the trial judge in entering a default judgment on the liability issue in this open account case for failure of defendants’ then counsel to comply with pretrial orders, the Rules of Civil Procedure and to make discovery was fully warranted; the findings and conclusions of the trial court entered after a plenary hearing on the amount in dispute, and the final judgment of $28,900.-00, plus interest, were fully justified on the record.

We think counsel had an affirmative duty to assist…