Wooten v. Friedberg

Action for specific performance of contract for the sale of a tract or parcel of land in Jackson County and containing about 1.58 acres. Petition was filed August 21, 1944; no answer was filed. July 19, 1945, at the May term of the court plaintiffs introduced their evidence, and judgment by default was entered against defendant and in favor of plaintiffs. No motion for a new trial was filed, but on August 13th, still the May term, defendant filed motion to set aside the default judgment. A hearing was had on this motion August 23rd, and September 10th, the first day of the September term, the…