Ex Parte Richerzhagen

The petition for the writ of mandamus and the return to the alternative writ show that on the 8th day of September, 1926, a judgment by default, with writ of inquiry to ascertain the amount of plaintiff’s damages, was entered in favor of the petitioner against H. E. Putnam in a suit then pending in the circuit court of Jefferson county, and on the 12th day of October, 1926, the writ of inquiry was executed and damages assessed by the verdict of the jury, followed by a final judgment for the plaintiff. On the 9th day of November, the defendant in the suit filed a motion to set aside the…