Opinion ID: 2389557
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Heading: The averments of the defendant's counterclaim are to be taken as true.

Text: Mrs. Gregory's counterclaim alleges sufficient facts to constitute a claim for relief against the plaintiff corporation as the recipient of real and personal property conveyed to it by Mr. Gregory through the medium of Mr. Sedlmayr in fraud of the rights of Mrs. Gregory as a creditor. See Bailey v. Bailey, 61 Me. 361 (1873); Tobie and Clark Manufacturing Co. v. Waldron, 75 Me. 472 (1883); Whitehouse v. Bolster, 95 Me. 458, 50 A. 240 (1901). By virtue of the plaintiff's default by reason of its non-appearance at the time set for trial, the averments of the counterclaim are taken as true and, in effect, become findings of fact. Gallegos v. Franklin, 89 N.M. 118, 547 P.2d 1160 (1976); Brown v. Kenron Aluminum and Glass Corporation, 477 F.2d 526 (8th Cir. 1973); Massa v. Jiffy Products Co., 240 F.2d 702 (9th Cir. 1957); Danbom v. Danbom, 132 Neb. 858, 273 N.W. 502 (1937); Gillam v. Cherry, 192 N.C. 195, 134 S.E. 423 (1926); Greeley v. Sample, 22 Iowa 338 (1867).