Elliott v. Shaw
Elliott v. Shaw
Opinion of the Court
Baldwin, J. and Cope, J. concurring.
Judgment in this case was entered by default, and the motion to open the same was denied. The excuse proffered by the defendant, in the affidavit upon which the motion was made, for his failure to plead —that he was under the impression, when he retained counsel in the case, that the time to answer had not expired; that he did not recollect the precise day upon which the summons and complaint were served; and that he was quite ill at the time, and did not as carefully
Judgment affirmed.
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- Ay affidavit by defendant that he was under the impression, when he retained counsel in a cause, that the time to answer had not expired; that he did not recollect the precise day upon which the summons and complaint were served; that he was quite ill at the time, and did not as carefully note the time as he otherwise would, is insufficient to open a judgment by default.