SNELLING & SNELLING v. DAN-RIDGE CHEVROLET, INC.


179 Conn. 671 (1980)

SNELLING & SNELLING v. DAN-RIDGE CHEVROLET, INC.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Killion, with whom, on the brief, was Gregory C. Willis, for the appellant (defendant).

Irwin J. Gordon, for the appellee (plaintiff).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, PETERS and HEALEY, JS.


PER CURIAM.

The denial, as here, of a motion to open a default judgment does not constitute an abuse of discretion where it clearly appears that the defaulting party has no defense or that he has not been prevented from appearing by mistake, accident or other reasonable cause. General Statutes § 52-212; Practice Book, 1978, § 377; A.D.C. Contracting & Supply Corporation v. Thomas J. Riordan, Inc., 176 Conn. 579

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