Seeger v. First Union National Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that petition to open default judgment was promptly filed and showed meritorious defense, but affirming denial of petition for failure to show sufficient excuse for failure to timely plead to complaint
• requiring that a meritorious defense be set forth “in precise, specific and clear terms”
• \Excusable negligence must establish an oversight rather than a deliberate decision not to defend.\
• “Excusable negligence must establish an oversight rather than a deliberate decision not to defend.”
• “Merely asserting in a petition to open default judgment that one has a meritorious defense is insufficient. The moving party must set forth its meritorious defense.”
• “Excusable negligence must establish an oversight rather than a deliberate decision not to defend.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).