Peck v. Cook, 13080

Decision Date21 May 1973
Docket NumberNo. 13080,13080
Citation29 Utah 2d 375,510 P.2d 530
Partiesd 375 N. S. PECK dba Peck Builders Supply, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Ralph E. COOK dba Custom Interiors, Defendant and Respondent.
CourtUtah Supreme Court

Edwin G. Gibbs, Lehi, for plaintiff and appellant.

Robert L. Moody, Provo, for defendant and respondent.

CALLISTER, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff entered a default judgment against defendant on January 24, 1972. The following February 28, defendant was adjudged a bankrupt. On August 7, 1972, plaintiff filed an ex parte motion to set aside the default judgment on the ground that through the mistake, inadvertence, and excusable neglect of his attorney, he had failed to allege that defendant induced the debt through fraud. An order was entered granting plaintiff's motion. On September 19, 1972, defendant filed a motion to set aside the prior order; this motion was granted October 12, 1972. Plaintiff appeals from this later order.

Rule 60(b), U.R.C.P., provides that a motion under subdivision (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect, shall be made not more than three months after the judgment was entered. Plaintiff's motion was not timely filed. The order of the trial court is affirmed. Costs are awarded to defendant.

HENRIOD, ELLETT, CROCKETT and TUCKETT, JJ., concur.

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  • Maxwell v. Maxwell
    • United States
    • Utah Court of Appeals
    • July 27, 1990
    ...to a "mistake" argument that should have been raised within three months after the original order was entered. 7 See Peck v. Cook, 29 Utah 2d 375, 510 P.2d 530, 530 (1973); Whitehouse v. Whitehouse, 790 P.2d 57, 61 (Utah Ct.App.1990). In addition, Otis has not filed a motion under Utah Rule......

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