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BATTAGLIA v. WILMINGTON SAV. FUND SOC.

379 A.2d 1132 (1977)

Carmela BATTAGLIA, Plaintiff below, Appellant, v. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, a Bank Corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided November 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

James M. Tunnell, Jr. and William H. Sudell, Jr. of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

Before DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ., and HARTNETT, Vice Chancellor.

DUFFY, Justice:

This is an appeal from a Superior Court order, entered under Rule 60(b)(1) and (6),1 opening a judgment entered by default,2 based upon a finding of inadvertence and excusable neglect.

I

The facts are relatively few and largely undisputed. It appears that plaintiff became a resident-patient at the Delaware State Hospital in 1949 and...

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