No notice of the motion on the part of the plaintiff was necessary, for the plainest reason, to-wit: that at the term of the Court immediately preceding that, at which this motion was made, a previous judgment of three years standing, had at the instance of the defendant, been set aside, and the case placed upon the docket and stood regularly for trial at the time the motion was made to reinstate the original judgment; so that it was the duty of the counsel, to take notice of any motion made against tho interest of their clients.
And besides, this motion to reinstate the original judgment, stood over for two terms before it was acted on,’ without any objection for the want of notice. As to the other point let it be granted that there was such irregularity in the original judgment, as would have entitled the defendant to relief, if the motion had been made in due time, still it is too late for the defendant to ask for relief at this late day. The judgment here stood three years, executions had issued thereon, the defendants land sold purchased by the plaintiff, and by him rented to the defendant, before this application was made to set aside the original judgment. This makes it unnecessary to inquire into the regularity of the judgment, after such gross laches on the part of the defendant. Independent of this, the defendant in his affidavit to set aside the judgment does not swear that he has any defence to the suit, and it is to be inferred from his affidavit, that he owes the debt and merely seeks delay.
There is no error. The judgment below is affirmed.
This will be certified.
Judgment affirmed.