Green Ridge Bank v. Edwards

I concur with the Majority that the case should be remanded to the lower court for consideration of that part of appellant’s petition requesting that the judgment be opened. However, I respectfully dissent from that part of the Majority’s holding that would include consideration by the lower court of the part of appellant’s petition requesting the court to strike off the judgment.

Although appellant entitled his motion, “Petition to strike off judgment or in the alternative to open judgment”, the two are not one and the same and should be considered separately. The Majority points out this…