¶1(concurring).—-I concur in the disposition made of this case, not on the ground that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to render the judgment by default, but for the reason that, in my judgment, the showing made by appellants was sufficient to entitle them to *211have the default set side,—conceding, of course, that the court was vested with a legal discretion in the matter.
20 Wash. 208
Hole v. Page
Decided November 22, 1898
Washington Supreme Court · decided 1898-11-22
<p>DEFAULT JUDGMENT-VACATION-AFFIDAVIT OF MERITS.</p> <p>Where a judgment of default is prematurely-entered before-the expiration of the time to plead, the defendants are entitled, to have it set aside as a matter of right, without furnishing an. affidavit of merits. (Dunbar, J., dissents.)</p>
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Reversed · Decided 1898-11-22
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