Bray v. Church of St. Brandon
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Last cited by a Minnesota appellate court in 1914, among the opinions in this site’s citation index.
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3 later published cases cite this decision.
- Rodgers v. United States & Dominion Life Insurance (Minn. 1914)
- White v. Gurney (Minn. 1904)
- J. H. Queal & Co. v. Bulen (Minn. 1903)
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Opinion of the Court
This action having been commenced by the service of the summons upon the treasurer of the defendant, a religious corporation, the defendant made no appearance, and judgment was entered by default. Upon a motion, based upon affidavits going to excuse the default, the court set aside the judgment, and allowed an answer to be interposed, upon the payment of costs. This appeal is from that order. The case justified the discretionary order appealed from. The application was seasonably made. A good defence was shown. The person upon whom the summons was served did not inform any other member of the corporation of that fact. Circumstances were shown indicating that he would be personally benefited by the plaintiff’s recovery in this action. It was within the discretionary power of the court to relieve the defendant from the consequences of such negligence or intentional omission of duty on the
Order affirmed.
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