Case Name: Beekman against Peck
Court: New York Court of Chancery
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1818-08-18
Citations: 3 Johns. Ch. 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: Beekman against Peck.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Chancery Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
Beekman against Peck.
August 18.
A decree entered by default, and enrolled, was set aside, on motion, on pay, " ment of costs, tie plaintiff having been previously served with notice of the motion, and copies' of the affidavits, on which it was intended to be made.
A DECREE, by default, was entered in June last, and enrolled.
Sherwood, for the defendant,
now moved to set aside (he decree, on affidavits, showing that the defendant had merits, and that the answer was filed in June last, and that the delay in filing the answer arose from unavoidable circumstances. The Solicitor for the plaintiff had been duly served with copies of the affidavits, and notice of the motion.
Woodworth, contra,
objected to the application by motion, and contended that it ought to be by petition; and he further objected, that the decree had been enrolled, and that the delay was not sufficiently accounted for.

Opinion:
The Chancellor
was of opinion that the application in the shape of a petition was not indispensable, and that the plaintiff, by means of the previous notice and service of copies of the papers, had all the requisite information. - The motion was granted, on payment of the costs of the default and subsequent proceedings; and the injunction, which had been made perpetual in the decree, by default, was continued until farther order.