Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Lane

BLAKEY, J.,

This matter is before the court en banc on plaintiffs motion for judgment for want of sufficient defense. The defense at issue is stated in defendants’ answer to plaintiffs praecipe to revive the lien of a judgment. Said judgment was confessed by plaintiff and entered by the prothonotary on January 31,1969. The praecipe for writ of revival was issued September 26, 1974.

*100Defendants appear to agree that their answer would not be sufficient under the law of this Commonwealth aside from possible implications of Swarb v. Lennox, 405 U.S. 191 (1972). The only defenses generally available…