Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York April 15, 1898 (Thornall v. Turner)

Giegerich, J.

The plaintiff seeks a reversal of the opder opening the default of the defendant Turner and setting aside the judgment entered thereon, upon three grounds: First, that the *364order does not recite and contain the grounds for the granting thereof; second, that the moving papers fail to show a satisfactory excuse for the default; third, that an affidavit of merits was not presented.