Matos v. Trinity Constr. Co.

The defendants bring a bill of exceptions to the allowance of the plaintiffs’ petition to vacate judgment. The defendants argue that the petition to vacate judgment was insufficient as a matter of law to permit the judge discretion to grant it. The basis of the defendants’ argument is that the petition represents that failure to obey an order of “May 1, 1972,” to file answers to interrogatories was the reason for the entry of judgment, while the true ground was failure to appear in court when the case was reached for trial on that same date. However, the defendants are mistaken in their…