WILLETTE v. UMHOEFFER


268 A.2d 617 (1970)

Leland WILLETTE v. Leonard UMHOEFFER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Geller, Waterville, for plaintiff.

Jules L. Mogul, Bangor, John P. Jabar, Waterville, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, MARDEN, DUFRESNE, WEATHERBEE and POMEROY, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

This is the second effort of the defendant to avoid the consequences of a default judgment. On the record before us the case is governed by the doctrine of finality of judgments. The Court cannot permit the needless protraction of litigation.

The underlying facts were fully set forth in our prior opinion in Willette v. Umhoeffer (1968) 245 A.2d (Me.) 540 and need not be repeated at length. Suffice it to say that defendant's initial failure...

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