128 P. 582 | Mont. | 1912
delivered the opinion of the court.
Application for a writ of mandate to compel the district court of Silver Bow county and one of its judges to vacate an order heretofore entered refusing to set aside a default and a judgment against the relator, and to enter an order setting aside the default, vacating the judgment and dismissing the action.
The relator’s affidavit discloses that in 1894 James B. Haggin began an action against him and others to quiet title to certain
On the authority of State ex rel. Stiefel v. District Court, 37 Mont. 298, 96 Pac. 337, it is contended by relator, (1) that it was the duty of the clerk to enter the default of the defendant in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 2 of section 6719, Revised Codes, and (2) that thereafter it was the duty of the court to dismiss the action after the expiration of more than six months, by virtue of subdivision 6 of section 6714, Revised Codes.
This case is distinguishable from the Stiefel Case in this: that Stiefel’s default was regularly entered and the court, after the expiration of more than six months from such entry, refused to dismiss the cause as to him; while in the case of Haggin v. Kohl et al., with which we are concerned, no default was entered until immediately prior to the entry of judgment.
We think the learned counsel for the relator has failed to grasp Ihe true significance of subdivision 6 of section 6714, Revised Codes, supra. It reads as follows: “An action may be dismissed or a judgment of nonsuit entered in the following cases: * * * 6. By the court, when after verdict or final submission, the party entitled to judgment neglects to demand and have the same
The demurrer to the affidavit is sustained, the alternative writ is quashed, and the proceedings are dismissed.
Dismissed.