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I was sued in district court by my landlord for unpaid rent.
On the court date I showed up early so i was outside the courtroom
when my landlord and her attorney arrived. I apologized to my landlord
for the situation coming to this, and introduced myself to the attorney.
She wanted to know if I was going to take the case to trial and I told her no,
that i knew I owed the money. she said okay.
As time for court got closer, the small courtroom filled up. I sat in the same place as court began and
never moved. No one ever called my name as they did for others that were also waiting outside the courtroom for their turn to go
before the judge. My landlord and her attorney were some of the last people out. As they came past me, the attorney
said she would send me some papers in the mail. The next person out was the court clerk because court
was over.
My issue is, the attorney got a judgement by default entered on the record that day.
After talking to the clerk at a later date she said she didn't understand why they never
called my name when i had been there the entire time.
Should it have been another type of judgement?
I was sued in district court by my landlord for unpaid rent.
On the court date I showed up early so i was outside the courtroom
when my landlord and her attorney arrived. I apologized to my landlord
for the situation coming to this, and introduced myself to the attorney.
She wanted to know if I was going to take the case to trial and I told her no,
that i knew I owed the money. she said okay.
As time for court got closer, the small courtroom filled up. I sat in the same place as court began and
never moved. No one ever called my name as they did for others that were also waiting outside the courtroom for their turn to go
before the judge. My landlord and her attorney were some of the last people out. As they came past me, the attorney
said she would send me some papers in the mail. The next person out was the court clerk because court
was over.
My issue is, the attorney got a judgement by default entered on the record that day.
After talking to the clerk at a later date she said she didn't understand why they never
called my name when i had been there the entire time.
Should it have been another type of judgement?