Majority
p. 426Mix v. Mackie. Armstrong v. Mackie. February 2, 1835.
Headnote
A cause cannot be put upon the calendar by anticipation. Therefore, where a party ticed a cause, upon the Certainty of having a report ready by the time it was called, the* coutt set aside a default obtained upon such notice ; but, as the defendant did not move' in the matter until after the decree was entered, no costs were givi n. The latter should, before or when the cause was called, have moved to strike it off the calendar.Motion to set aside default for irregularity, with costs. The complainants had filed notes of issue and given notice of hearing for the term : but they were waiting for a master’s report which was received after they had given such notice; and when the cause was called, they took a decree by default.
Mr. S. D. Craig, moved to set the same aside.
Mr. Hay S. Mackay, and Mr. William Silliman, opposed.
A party cannot notice a cause For hearing by anticipation. If a suit be waiting for a report, it cannot, merely because such report will be obtained before the cause can be heard, be put upon a calendar for a hearing. Such a thing can certainly not be done except by consent of all parties. The defaults must be set aside ; but, inasmuch as the party applying had notice of hearing and saw how the cause stoo.d at a certain number upon the calendar, he should have attended whep it was called, and then moved that it be stricken off or placed at the bottom. No costs, therefore, given.