115 Minn. 439 | Minn. | 1911
Action to recover for money had and received, in which plaintiff had judgment against defendant Leonard, who appealed from an ■order denying his motion to set the judgment aside.
The complaint fully disclosed the nature of plaintiff’s demand, and the defendant appeared in the action and answered by general denial. The cause was duly noticed' for trial, and when reached in its order ■on the calendar defendant failed to appear. Whereupon plaintiff
Defendant has mistaken his remedy. The rule adopted by the-court in the construction of this statute is that, where the pleadings disclose the facts to be proved on the trial, so that each party is informed what his adversary will attempt to prove, neither an action nor a motion to set the judgment aside, on the ground that it was procured by perjury in presenting the evidence to the court, will be entertained. Hass v. Billings, 42 Minn. 63, 43 N. W. 797. Plaintiff practiced no fraud or deceit upon defendant, either in the form of his complaint or in bringing the cause to trial, and defendant’s-remedy, if for any sufficient reason he was unable to be present at. the trial, was by a motion for a new trial, under section 4198, R. L. 1905. Moudry v. Witzka, 89 Minn. 300, 94 N. W. 885; Watkins v. Landon, 67 Minn. 136, 69 N. W. 711; Geisberg v. O’Laughlin, 88 Minn. 431, 93 N. W. 310; O’Brien v. Larson, 71 Minn. 371, 74 N. W. 148. Under the rules stated and the authorities cited, the learned trial court properly denied the motion.
Order affirmed.