OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The district court denied defendants' motion to set aside a default judgment entered as to them on March 8, 1983. Because the entry of the default judgment was unauthorized and improper, the court erred in refusing to set it aside.
I.
The genesis of the dispute between the parties is the claim of plaintiff Gold Kist, Inc. that C.F. Simonin's Sons, Inc. owed it $114,707.65, the contract price...
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