Hazlett & Hancock Construction Co. v. Virgil Womack Construction Co.

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• default judgment was improperly entered in breach of contract case where complaint alleged specific sum, but it was impossible to ascertain amount due without extrinsic evidence
• default judgment was improperly entered in case alleging breach of construction contract where, although complaint alleged specific sum, it was impossible to ascertain amount due without reference to extrinsic evidence
• trial court’s failure to require proof of damages when the record shows that the plaintiffs damages were not liquidated may constitute a nonamendable defect requiring the judgment to be set aside
• a suit on account is one type of liquidated claim which becomes established and fixed without the necessity of proof by the plaintiff when the case goes into default

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