Court Opinion

ID: 9864407
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 13:00:49.168473+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:11:50.632534
License: Public Domain

ADDITIONAL OPINION. Hart, C. J. Counsel for appellants, in their motion for rehearing, insist that they have appealed from the foreclosure decree and that this constitutes a direct attack on it. Conceding, without deciding the question whether they have appealed from the foreclosure decree within the time prescribed by the statute, this does not help their case any. On cross-examination Mrs. G-. W. Lambie admitted that she had been duly served with summons in the case, and the record shows that fact. The record shows that Gr. E. Lambie, her son, was duly served with summons, and he admitted that he knew of the pendency of the action. He admitted talking with attorneys for the plaintiff in the foreclosure suit. One who is aggrieved by a judgment rendered in his absence must show, not only that he was 'not summoned, but also that he did not know of the proceedings in time to make a defense. Karnes v. Ramey, 172 Ark. 125, 287 S. W. 743. See also Fore v. Chenault, 168 Ark. 747, 271 S. W. 704; and C. A. Blanton Co. v. First National Bank, 175 Ark. 1107, 1 S. W. (2d) 558. Again, this court has held that one who seeks to be relieved from a judgment upon the ground of unavoidable casualty, preventing a defense to the action, must show that he has a meritorious defense. Smith v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company, 174 Ark. 346, 295 S. W. 388. See also Minnick v. Ramey, 168 Ark. 180, 269 S. W. 565; and American Investment Co. v. Kennehan, 172 Ark. 832, 291 S. W. 56. We adhere to the views expressed in our original opinion, and feel that we cannot grant the relief asked for by appellants without unsettling principles of law which have been uniformly followed and ápplied by this court. Therefore the petition for rehearing will be denied.