PLUMLEY v. MAY

No. 10708.

87 S.E.2d 282 (1955)

Mitchell PLUMLEY v. Ralph MAY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scherer, Bowers & File, W. H. File, Jr., Beckley, for plaintiff in error.

G. Berk Lynch, Sayre, Lynch & Henderson, Beckley, for defendant in error.


GIVEN, Judge.

Involved in this case is the question whether "good cause" has been shown by the defendant Ralph May for the setting aside of a default judgment for five thousand dollars, entered by the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, in favor of the plaintiff, Mitchell Plumley, as permitted by Code, 56-4-52. The circuit court denied the motion of May to set aside the judgment. This Court granted this writ of error.

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