Legal Opinion
Zisler v. Ayan
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided May 15, 1992PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
This is an action in contract to recover the balance due on a promissory note executed by the defendant.
The case is before this Division on the defendant’s appeal of the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P., Rule 60(b) (1) motion for relief from a default judgment.
Rule 60 (b) (1) permits a trial court, in the exercise of its sound discretion, to vacate a judgment upon an adequate showing of the moving party’s “mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.” The court’s disposition of such motion is accorded a “marked deference” on appeal, and will be set…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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