Court Opinion

ID: 8656773
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 21:16:45.429837+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:56:45.526795
License: Public Domain

FRICK, J.
I concur. The question is not one of purely equitable cognizance, as respondent’s counsel in his brief seems to assume. Under the statute in question here, the application to obtain relief from a default judgment must be made in the original action and upon the grounds stated in the statute. The right to thus proceed must of necessity be made in accordance with the statutory provisions as pointed out by Mr. Justice GIDEON. That, however, does not preclude the respondent from instituting an independent action in equity to enjoin the enforcement of the judgment or to obtain relief if the facts and circumstances justify such an action as pointed out in the case of McMillan v. Forsythe, 47 Utah, 571, 154 Pac. 959.