Coerber v. Rath

This matter is here on writ of error whereby the defendants below (Coerbers) are seeking to reverse the trial court’s refusal to set aside a default judgment entered August 19, 1966, in favor of the plaintiffs below (Raths).

The trial court was confronted with a most unusual, shameful and difficult situation, as will be seen from a development of the facts. Hopefully, it is one that will never be repeated.

The plaintiffs’ claims arose out of the alleged tortious conduct of the defendant Charles Coerber, an employee of defendant Carl Coerber, while in the act of repossessing the plaintiffs’…