TEXAS WESTERN FINANCIAL CORP. v. MANN

No. 7713DC629.

243 S.E.2d 904 (1978)

TEXAS WESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION v. Irving MANN, d/b/a Mann's Department Store.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore & Melvin by James R. Melvin, Elizabethtown, for plaintiff appellant.

No counsel contra.


PARKER, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that the trial judge erred in setting aside the default judgment because there was insufficient evidence from which the court could find excusable neglect on defendant's part. We agree and accordingly reverse.

"Parties who have been duly served with summons are required to give their defense that attention which a man of ordinary prudence usually gives his important business, and failure to do so is not excusable." 8 Strong...

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