Crawford v. Pierse
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Cowrt, Fergus County; Boy E. Ayers, Judge. Action by Sara A. Crawford against Allen Pierse and another, copartners doing business under the name and style of Pierse & Poetter. From an order setting aside a default, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order made upon application of defendants, setting aside a judgment entered on their default. The order was made on the ground that the default occurred through the excusable neglect of defendants’ counsel. Several contentions are made in this court, but it will be necessary to notice only two of them.
1. Plaintiff contends that the district court was guilty of an [1] abuse of discretion because, though the application was sufficient to make out a case of excusable neglect, it was wholly insufficient to warrant the granting of the order, in that it was not…
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