William J. Ladd, Appellant v. Anna L. Stevenson, as Administratrix

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint and refused to set aside the judgment in favor of the plaintiff. It held that the court has inherent discretion to allow new parties to defend and to vacate judgments taken by mistake, and that the plaintiff lacked a written stipulation granting a lien on the real estate, so his claim for specific performance failed.