206 P. 161 | Ariz. | 1922
The plaintiffs, who are the appellants here, on July 11, 1918, filed suit against the defendants, who are the appellees here, for $800 rental for pasturage. The defendants answered by general denial July 19, 1918. The trial of the case was continued from time to time until September 20, 1920, on which day the court heard plaintiffs’ evidence, and, defendants not appearing nor offering any testimony, rendered judgment for plaintiffs for their full demand.
On March 16, 1921, defendants filed their motion to set aside judgment and for an order relieving them therefrom, upon the grounds that judgment was taken “through mistake, inadvertence, and surprise or excusable neglect.” This motion was supported by the affidavit of defendants’ attorney, but since the motion was not acted upon until after the court had lost jurisdiction of it, it is not necessary to determine whether it stated facts showing grounds justifying or requiring vacation of the judgment.
The fact is, the motion to set the judgment aside was not heard until April 25, and was not granted until May 1,1921, seven and one-half months after the entry of the judgment. At the time the court passed upon the motion to vacate the judgment it had lost jurisdiction of the motion. The court’s power to relieve a party from a judgment, order, or other proceeding, or to modify or set aside a judgment, order, or proceeding, under paragraph 600, Civil Code of 1913, being the paragraph relied upon by defendants, must be exercised within six months after the
The order vacating the judgment should be set aside and judgment reinstated. The cause is remanded, that action may be had in accordance herewith.
McALISTER and FLANIGAN, JJ., concur.
