D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC. v. YOUNG

No. 6185.

293 A.2d 488 (1972)

D. C. TRANSIT SYSTEM, INC., a corporation, and Joseph Wallace, Appellants, v. Blanche Lee YOUNG, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Berg, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Joyce Capps, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, PAIR and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

The appellants (defendants) challenge as error the entering of a default against them by the Calendar Control and Motion's Judge of the Superior Court on October 13, 1971, in a negligence action, and the subsequent entering of a judgment by the trial judge after hearing evidence as to damages.

The record reflects that prior to default, appellants had answered and filed a pretrial statement. However, after pretrial hearing the case...

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