Com. v. Shrubb

How courts have described this case

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• applying the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Frow v. De La Vega, 82 U.S. 552, 554 (1872
• applying Frow and holding that, although a defaulting defendant could not “participate further in the proceedings,” such defendant 31 “would be entitled to the benefit of any favorable judgment” entered on the plaintiff’s claims against the non-defaulting defendants
• trial court’s entry of default against one defendant was premature because his liability depended on whether another defendant was found liable
• trial court’s entry of default against one defendant was premature because his liability depended on whether another defendant was found liable
• “Although a default could properly enter against the defendant in Frow, and although he could not participate further in the proceedings, he would be entitled to the benefit of any favorable judgment that might enter against his codefendants.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).