McCarvill v. McCarvill

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the “trial court erred when it purported to exercise its authority under UTCR 7.020(3) to dismiss plaintiffs complaint for want of prosecution while entry of judgment was pending”
• stating that, although it need not decide the issue in the case before it, a trial court may, in proper circumstances, “properly dismiss the case” against a defaulting defendant prior to entry of default judgment “because plaintiffs evidence does not support his allegations”
• a trial court \may not raise defenses on its own and then dismiss the complaint on the basis of its determination of the defenses\

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