Gunter v. . Dowdy

Tbe question posed by tbis appeal is: Was tbe clerk authorized to vacate bis former judgment by default adjudging tbe plaintiff to be tbe owner of tbe land described in tbe complaint, and was tbe judge presiding authorized, on appeal from tbe clerk, to vacate said judgment by default? We are of tbe opinion, and so bold, that both tbe clerk and tbe judge presiding were so authorized.

Tbe answer to tbe question posed lies in G. S., 1-220 (formerly C. S., 600), which reads: “The judge shall, upon such terms as may be just, at any time within one year after notice thereof, relieve a party from a…