Doyle v. Jorgensen

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, D. J.:

We are confronted with the relevance of a defendant’s “general appearance” subsequent to a default judgment and the propriety of a trial court “reinstating” this default judgment after first setting it aside.

These and related procedural issues are outgrowths of an, automobile collision on July 22, 1961, between a car driven by defendant Michael Doyle and one driven by Bruce E. Jorgensen, on whose behalf as Guardian ad Litem, and individually, a complaint was filed by Bruce’s father, Louis Jorgensen, on July 18,1963. Named codefendant with Michael was his…