California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bristol Convalescent Hospital v. Stone, 258 Cal.App.2d 848, 66 Cal.Rptr. 404 (Cal. App. 1968):
It is clear from the decision of Gray v. Hall, supra, 203 Cal. 306, 265 P. 246, that a judgment entered upon default for want of an answer to an amended complaint is not a void judgment if the time for answering under ordinary circumstances had indeed expired before entry of the default. Such a default, it would seem, is of the class that may be set aside only under section 473, Code of Civil Procedure, or on appeal from the judgment, or by suit in equity.
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