Strong v. Comer
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5 later published cases cite this decision.
- County of Hennepin ex rel. Bartlow v. Brinkman (Minn. Ct. App. 1985)
- Klein v. Rappaport (D.C. 1952)
- Newman v. Newman (Minn. 1897)
- Forman v. Hall (S.D. 1927)
- First National Bank of Sutton v. Sutton Mercantile Co. (Neb. 1906)
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Opinion of the Court
The answer of defendant Mullin put in issue material allegations in the complaint. The plaintiff noticed the cause for trial for the term of court commencing October 7, 1890. October 15th the cause was by order of court placed on the calendar, the defendant was called, and, not appearing, the court, without taking any evidence,’ordered judgment for the plaintiff, as prayed for in the complaint, and judgment was so entered. This was error, and not a mere irregularity in practice. Defendant made a motion to vacate the judgment, and it was denied. To have it vacated was a matter of right, and not a matter in the discretion of the court. A practice prevails in some states of allowing the plaintiff, where the answer is not verified and there is no affidavit of merits filed, to have the cause called out of its regular order, and to have an inquest taken; that is, to have judgment upon proof of his cause of action if denied. But we know of no practice anywhere by which the court may, for failure of defendant to appear when the cause is called, disregard the answer, and take the cause of action as confessed, where the answer denies it. Certainly it is not so here.
Order reversed.
(Opinion, published 50 N. W. Rep. 936.)
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