LITTLEJOHN, Justice.
The defendant appeals to this court from an order of the circuit judge refusing to vacate a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in the amount of $250,000, pursuant to Section 10-1213 of the 1962 Code. That code section permits the trial court to relieve a party from a judgment taken through "mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect * * *."
The plaintiff...
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