HOLDEN v. PETERS

No. 1643.

116 A.2d 155 (1955)

Lucy HOLDEN, Appellant, v. Donald PETERS, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 25, 1955.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Klavan and Joseph D. DiLeo, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Jacob Sheeskin and Seymour Berry, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Lucy Holden sued appellee Donald Peters for money loaned and obtained judgment by default. Some months later, on defendant's motion, the trial court vacated the judgment. Plaintiff asks us to reverse that ruling.

The suit was filed in August 1954 and defendant was promptly served with process; but he failed to appear or file an answer. The default judgment was entered against him December 24,...

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