Reitmeir v. Siegmund

Citations

• 13 Wash. 624
• 43 P. 878
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 101

Syllabus

<p>APPEALABLE ORDER—SETTING ASIDE DEFAULT — DISCRETION OF COURT.</p> <p>Semble, that in an original action instituted for the purpose of having a judgment vacated, an order setting aside a default and giving defendants leave to answer, is not appealable.</p> <p>Mistake of an attorney in noting the day in which answer must be filed, when a summons is handed him by a client, owing to which mistake judgment by default is taken against his client for want of answer, will warrant the court in setting aside the default.</p>