Legal Opinion
Hamilton Bank v. Rulnick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1984No. 147PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIEAND, Judge:
This appeal was taken from an order refusing to open a judgment which had been confessed against Edward and Betty Rulnick, appellants, by Hamilton Bank, appellee. The judgment had been confessed pursuant to warrant of attorney contained in a written agreement by appellants to guarantee a loan made by the Bank to Edward Rulnick’s wholly owned corporation. The court denied the petition to open the judgment because appellant's only defense was an alleged, oral agreement, evidence of which, in the court’s opinion, was barred by the parol evidence rule. We affirm, but for a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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