Legal Opinion

Hummel Furniture Co. v. Matthews

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County

Decided July 14, 1959No. 623Published

1Opinion of the Court

Henninger, P. J.,

Defendants have petitioned the court to allow an appeal nunc pro tunc from an alderman’s judgment against them for $78.91.

The petition sets forth a defense presented to the alderman and plaintiff filed no answer to the allegation.

The petition also sets forth that the alderman notified defense counsel on July 29, 1958', that he had entered judgment against defendants. In fact, the transcript shows that such judgment had been entered on July 18, 1958, the date of the hearing, although the alderman had then stated that he was holding the case under advisement.

Defense counsel…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ambrose v. LaughlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923

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