WHEELEY v. SMITH

No. 2500.

160 A.2d 103 (1960)

Sallie B. WHEELEY and William Wheeley, Appellants, v. Kenneth B. SMITH, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 14, 1960.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dayton M. Harrington, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Leon Shampain, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellee filed a third-party complaint against appellants. Appellants answered and counterclaimed against appellee for an unliquidated amount but claiming $1,650. Appellee failed to answer the counterclaim and a default judgment was entered against him in January 1958. While the entry of judgment sets forth the amount sued for, no ex parte proof was taken. Thus the entry must be treated as an...

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