Case Name: Boernstein, Respondent, v. Heinrichs, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1856-10
Citations: 24 Mo. 26
Docket Number: 
Parties: Boernstein, Respondent, v. Heinrichs, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 26–26

Head Matter:
Boernstein, Respondent, v. Heinrichs, Appellant.
1. Where a cause is set for trial, and the defendant by agreement of plaintiff is allowed until the day of trial to file his answer ; held, that it is not erroneous to refuse to set aside a judgment by default against him for want of an answer, where the reason urged for setting aside the same is, that the defendant and his counsel were, during the day on which the case was set for trial, in attendance in another court, the one as witness, the other as counsel, in a cause there on trial.
•Appeal from St. Louis Law Commissioner’s Court.
Kribben, for appellant.
S. H. Gardner, for respondent.

Opinion:
LEONARD, Judge.
The judgment is affirmed. The affidavit made out no sufficient excuse for his default, and the facts stated in the petition constitute a good cause of action against the defendant.