Svard v. Barfield

SAND, Justice.

D. J. Barfield appealed from an order of the Cass County district court which denied his motion for relief from a default judgment entered against him and in favor of Ronald L. Svard, d. b. a. Svard Construction Company [Svard] on 23 March 1979. We reversed and remand.

On 26 Feb. 1979, Svard commenced this action against Barfield and Marshall Good man for money allegedly due Svard on a construction contract pursuant to which Svard built a small building referred to as a “shutter hut” to be used as a deposit and pick-up point for the development of photographic film. Approximately…