Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank v. Sweeney

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal atacks the validity of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County which directed the opening of a judgment entered upon a note which contained a warrant of attorney authorizing the entry of judgment.

Beginning in December 1956, Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank, successor by merger to the National Bank of Narberth (Bank) and Francis X. Sweeney and Barbara Sweeney, then husband and wife, engaged in a number of loan transactions wherein the Bank loaned various amounts of money to the Sweeneys. So far as presently pertinent, the Bank made four…