JONES v. STATESVILLE ICE AND FUEL COMPANY

No. 309.

130 S.E.2d 324 (1963)

259 N.C. 206

Allen Lane JONES v. STATESVILLE ICE AND FUEL COMPANY, Inc., Vance A. Martin, and Joseph John Valletta.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McElwee & Hall, North Wilkesboro, for defendant appellant.

Corne & Warlick, Newton, for plaintiff appellee.


DENNY, Chief Justice.

The question presented for determination on this appeal is whether a judgment by default and inquiry should be set aside for excusable neglect where the defendant turned the entire responsibility of handling the defense of a law suit over to his wife upon her assurance that she would look after it, but neither the defendant nor his wife did anything about the matter until after the judgment by default and inquiry had been entered.

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