Chapman Lumber, Inc. v. Tager

How courts have described this case

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• applying Varley standard to motion to open when new evidence allegedly showed that judgment was tainted by fraud
• applying Varley standard to motion to open when new evidence allegedly showed that judgment was tainted by fraud
• requiring trial court to assess whether case ‘‘present[s] a hypothetical injury or a claim contingent [on] some event that has not and indeed may never transpire’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• denial of motion to open not abuse of discretion without showing of good and compelling reason
• “[t]he determinative factor [in construing ajudgment] is the intention of the court as gathered from all parts of the judgment”
• although exact amount of plaintiffs damages uncertain, because it was clear there was no way plaintiff could recover entirety of its debt as sought in complaint, plaintiff had sustained some damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).