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  "name": "A. H. BOYDEN, Ex'r., v. JOSEPH WILLIAMS",
  "name_abbreviation": "Boyden v. Williams",
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  "first_page": "95",
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      "A. H. BOYDEN, Ex\u2019r., v. JOSEPH WILLIAMS."
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        "text": "Smith, C. J.\nThis is a motion made and refused to set' aside a judgment rendered at spring term, 1878, of Cabarrus superior court under C. C. P., \u00a7 138. *\nNo statement of facts accompanies the record, and unless the matter 4et out in the defendant\u2019s affidavit and on which his application rests, taken as true, discloses a case entitling him to relief, we should be compelled to remand the cause in order that the facts deducible from the evidence might be determined, the law arising on which is alone subject to review in this court. Our attention will therefore be directed to the defendant\u2019s own statement of the ground of his application.\nIt appears from the affidavit that in the action pending between the parties, the defendant, Williams, set up a counter-claim and the controversy was confined to that defence. It was then agreed that judgment be rendered for the amount of the plaintiff\u2019s demand and the counter-claim withdrawn, and, witli certain admissions relating to it, submitted to arbitrators to be selected by the parties, to determine its validity as an obligation binding the testator\u2019s estate; and that whatever sum should be allowed should be applied in payment of a debt due defendant from \u00b0his co-defendant and in exoneration of the former as surety for the latter, principal in certain outstanding notes.\nJudgment was entered with full knowledge and consent of the defendant and in conformity to the agreement. Th'e affidavit charges fraudulent conduct on the part of the plaintiff in obstructing the execution of the reference, and avers a belief that he.does not intend to carry it into effect, and for these reasons the court is asked to set aside the judgment.\nThe Code of Civil Procedure, \u00a7 133, declares that \u201c the judge may also in his discretion, and upon such terms as may be just, at any time within one year after notice thereof, relieve a party from a judgment,' order, or other proceeding taken against him, though his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.\u201d See. the numerous cases on the construction of the act in Tourgee\u2019s edition of the Code, with notes.\nThe defendant\u2019s allegations do not bring his case within the meaning and scope of the enactment. The judgment was not taken \u201cthrough any mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect of h'is.\u201d It was entered up as he intended and agreed it should be done, and with his full knowledge and approbation. The subsequent alleged fraudulent conduct of the plaintiff may, and if true, does entitle him to a remedy, but not to the relief he is now seeking. We therefore sustain the ruling of the court in denying the motion upon the defendant\u2019s own showing, and affirm the judgment.\nNo error. Affirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Smith, C. J."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. J. 8. Henderson and W. J. Montgomery, for plaintiff,",
      "Messrs. J. M. Clement and J. M. McCorJcle, for defendant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "A. H. BOYDEN, Ex\u2019r., v. JOSEPH WILLIAMS.\nPractice \u2014 Vacating Judgment..\nWhere a defendant withdraws a counter-claim to an action and refers it to arbitration, leaving judgment to go against him in the' action, he cannot afterwards have the judgment set aside under O. 0. P., \u00a7 133, on tlie ground that the plaintiff is fraudulently obstructing the execm tion of the reference and does not intend to carry it into effect,\nMotioN to set aside a judgment under C. C. P., \u00a7 138, heard at Chambers in Charlotte, on the 12th of October, 1878, before Schenck, J.\nThe opinion contains the facts. His Honor refused the motion and the defendant appealed.\nMessrs. J. 8. Henderson and W. J. Montgomery, for plaintiff,\nMessrs. J. M. Clement and J. M. McCorJcle, for defendant."
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  "file_name": "0095-01",
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