DISTRICT DISCOUNT COMPANY, INC. v. PORTER

No. 2546.

161 A.2d 830 (1960)

DISTRICT DISCOUNT COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. James PORTER, a/k/a James Parter, and Max Greenwald & Sons, Inc., a corporation (garnishee), Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Meyers, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Julius Poms, Washington, D. C., for appellee Porter.

Henry S. Snyder, Washington, D. C., for appellee Greenwald.

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


ROVER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting Porter's motion to set aside a default judgment. The only question presented here is whether the court abused its discretion in setting aside the judgment under the authority of its Rule 60(b) (6) permitting it to set aside such a judgment for "[a]ny other reason justifying relief," provided an appropriate motion is made within a "reasonable time."

The facts before the court when it vacated the judgment...

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