Hengel v. Hyatt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• defendant who sought to serve answer and counterclaim which were returned to her before court entered default judgment against her did not submit to court’s jurisdiction
• “If no affidavit of merit or other proof of a valid defense is provided, the motion to vacate will be denied.”
• “If the judgment is void for lack of jurisdiction, it must be set aside .... ”
• “If the judgment is void for lack of jurisdiction, it must be set aside without regard to such factors as the existence of a meritorious defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).