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CRIBB v. MATLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 88-304.

768 P.2d 337 (1989)

Robert L. CRIBB and Margaret V. Cribb, husband & wife; M. Bruce Wright and Susan Wright, husband & wife; and Ron Helland and Joan Helland, husband and wife, on behalf of all other stockholders of Glasgow Publishing Company, a Montana Corporation, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MATLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC., an Idaho Corporation; Glasgow Publishing Company, a Montana corp., Coospapers, Inc., an Oregon corp.; Idaho Bank & Trust Company, a banking corp.; and Stephen J. Matlock, individually and as President of Matlock Communications, Inc., and Glasgow Publishing Company, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided January 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, George N McCabe, Great Falls, Gallagher, Archambeault & Knierim; Matthew W Knierim, Glasgow, for defendants and appellants.

Habedank, Cumming, Best, Maltese & Savage, Peter Maltese, Sidney, for plaintiffs and respondents.

McDONOUGH, Justice.

This appeal from the Seventeenth Judicial District, in and for the County of Valley, concerns the District Court's denial of a motion to set aside an entry of default under Rule 55(c), M.R.Civ.P. The only issue is whether the lower court abused its discretion in denying the motion. We reverse.

The relevant facts are as follows: respondents Cribbs, and Wrights, (Cribbs) agreed to sell their stock in Glasgow Publishing Company, a corporation...

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