Case Name: F. H. STEVENS and Another v. OWEN R. PARKER
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1906-05-04
Citations: 98 Minn. 529
Docket Number: Nos. 14,700-(92)
Parties: F. H. STEVENS and Another v. OWEN R. PARKER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 98
Pages: 529–529

Head Matter:
F. H. STEVENS and Another v. OWEN R. PARKER.
May 4, 1906.
Nos. 14,700—(92).
Appeal by defendant from an order of the municipal court of Minneapolis, Charles L. Smith, J., discharging an order to. show cause why the findings and order for judgment in favor of plaintiffs should not he vacated.
Affirmed.
Parsons <£- Bolder, for appellant
Edson S. Gaylord and Stevens & Stevens, for respondents.
Reported in 106 N. W. 1134.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $50 alleged to be due for services rendered as attorneys at law. The answer admitted that the services were rendered, and alleged that they were worth no more than $15, for which amount judgment was tendered. Proper notice of trial was served, but the defendant failed to appear at the trial, and judgment was ordered, for the plaintiffs as demanded in the complaint. The defendant then moved to vacate the findings and order for reasons fully stated in an accompanying affidavit. No affidavit of merits was presented, and the court denied the motion. The appeal is from this order.
It was for the trial court to determine whether, in view of the character of the answer, an affidavit of merits was necessary. The determination of the motion to vacate the findings and order also called for the exercise of discretionary power. The record fails to show any abuse of discretion, and the order appealed from is affirmed.
Order affirmed.