Legal Opinion
Peters v. BARKER & LITTLE, INC.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided September 2, 2009No. 24948PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMeierhenry, Justice
(on reassignment).
[¶ 1.] This is an appeal from the circuit court’s decision not to set aside a default judgment under SDCL 15 — 6—55(c) and 15-6 — 60(b). We affirm.
*659BACKGROUND
[¶ 2.] Barker & Little, Inc. originally-moved to set aside a 2003 default judgment that had been entered for the plaintiff, Laura Peters, in the amount of $24,231. Peters had been a tenant in a rental unit owned by Barker & Little. The allegations in her complaint were that Barker & Little: willfully locked her out of her rental unit on September 13, 2002; constructively locked her out on September 18, 2002; willfully…
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