Spooner v. Deere Credit, Inc.

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• failure to timely file answer in one suit precludes litigation of issues in subsequent suit
• for purposes of determining the preclusive effect of prior litigation, a default judgment acts as a judgment on the merits
• “A judgment by default properly entered against parties sui juris operates as an admission by the defendant of the truth of the definite and certain allegations and the fair inferences and conclusions of fact to be drawn from the allegations of the declaration.”

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