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· 7/6/1984

McNutt v. Johansen

Citations

  • 477 A.2d 738
  • 1984 Me. LEXIS 733

How courts have described this case

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  • holding the court has discretion to hold an evidentiary hearing prior to entering a default judgment
  • noting the court has discretion \to hold an evidentiary hearing on the truth of any averment in the pleading before entering a default judgment\
  • wife’s mistaken belief that husband's bankruptcy petition would stay proceedings against her does not constitute “good cause”

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Judges: McKusick, Nichols, Roberts, Wathen, Geassman, Scolnik

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