Case Name: George G. Cronkleton, Receiver, appellee, v. Charles G. Lane et al., appellants
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1935-11-22
Citations: 130 Neb. 17
Docket Number: No. 29393
Parties: George G. Cronkleton, Receiver, appellee, v. Charles G. Lane et al., appellants.
Judges: Heard before Goss, C. J., Good, Eberly, Day, Paine and Carter, JJ., and Munday, District Judge.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 17–18

Head Matter:
George G. Cronkleton, Receiver, appellee, v. Charles G. Lane et al., appellants.
Filed November 22, 1935.
No. 29393.
Raymond M. Tibbets, for appellants.
R. O. Canaday and Stiner & Boslaugh, contra.
Heard before Goss, C. J., Good, Eberly, Day, Paine and Carter, JJ., and Munday, District Judge.

Opinion:
Day, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying the motion of the appellants to vacate a default judgment, so that they could defend the action on the merits. This motion was filed during the term, but no hearing was held thereon until after the expiration of the term of court. The only question for determination is the power of the district court to vacate a judgment after the term of court has adjourned.
This identical question was recently presented to this court in Lyman v. Dunn, 125 Neb. 770, 252 N. W. 197. The question was fully discussed there, and the previous decisions of this court were reviewed as far as applicable. It is unnecessary to repeat here. A trial court may vacate a judgment rendered at an adjourned term only for reasons enumerated and within the time limited by statute. Comp. St. 1929, sec. 20-2001. The motion in this case does not set out any of the reasons of the statute. The conclusion of Lyman v. Dunn, swpra, is controlling, and the trial court was without power to vacate the judgment under the circumstances in this case.
Affirmed.