1-16-401. Authority of court; grounds. (a) A district court may vacate or modify its own judgment or order after the term at which it was made: (i) By granting a new trial when the grounds for a new trial could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered before, but are discovered after the original motion […]
1-16-402. Opening judgment or order rendered on service by publication. A party against whom a judgment or order has been rendered without service other than by publication in a newspaper may have the same opened and be allowed to defend within six (6) months after the date of the judgment or order. Before the judgment […]
1-16-403. Bona fide purchasers unaffected. The title to any property which is the subject of the judgment or order sought to be opened and which in consequence of the judgment or order has passed to a purchaser in good faith, shall not be affected by any proceedings to vacate or modify the judgment, nor shall […]
1-16-404. Grounds to vacate tried first. The court must first try and decide whether to vacate or modify a judgment or order before trying or deciding the validity of the defense or cause of action.
1-16-405. Proceedings prior to vacation and upon modification. A judgment shall not be vacated until it is decided that there is a valid defense to the action in which the judgment was rendered or if the plaintiff seeks its vacation, that there is a valid cause of action. When a judgment is modified, all liens […]
1-16-406. Injunction; suspension of judgment or order. The party seeking to vacate or modify a judgment or order may obtain an injunction suspending proceedings on the whole or a part thereof when it appears probable by affidavit or by exhibition of the record that the party is entitled to have the judgment or order vacated […]
1-16-407. Injunction; suspension of premature judgment. If the judgment was rendered before the action stood for trial, the injunction may be granted although no valid defense to the action is shown. The court shall make such orders concerning the executions on the judgment as shall give to the defendant the same rights of delay he […]
1-16-408. Limitation on time for proceedings. Proceedings to vacate or modify a judgment or order, for the causes mentioned in W.S. 1-16-401(a)(iv), (v) and (vii) must be commenced within two (2) years after the judgment was rendered or order made, unless the party entitled thereto is a minor or a person of unsound mind, and […]
1-16-409. Applicability of provisions to supreme court. The provisions relating to modification or vacation of judgments or orders apply to the supreme court so far as the same are applicable to its judgments or final orders.
