Household Finance Corp. v. Christian

Respondent has filed no brief or otherwise presented his cause in this court. We would reverse the judgment as of course, which we may do under Supreme Court Rule 32, sec. 251.32, Stats., except that we consider a reversal granting the full demand of plaintiff’s complaint would be a manifest injustice. Therefore we will consider the cause on the merits.

Plaintiff is in the business of making small loans and defendant had previously borrowed money from plaintiff. Just before February 2, 1957, defendant was indebted to plaintiff on a loan whose outstanding balance was $684. Defendant’s record…