Jacobson v. Leap

-In an action wherein plaintiff asked damages from defendants due to a collision between two motor vehicles, a default judgment was entered against each defendant in July 1956. Defendant Leap, a resident of Iowa, was served with notice as authorized by rule 56(a), Rules of Civil Procedure. The other defendants, both foreign corporations, were served with notice as provided by section 321.501, Code of 1954.

In March 1957 defendant Leap filed, under rules 252 and 253, a petition, in two divisions, to vacate the judgment and for a retrial. Answer to plaintiff’s petition was attached thereto…