Davis v. Pierce
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 227, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from order of C. P. Chester Co., discharging rule to open judgment in case of Amos Davis v. Jennie L. Pierce. Rule to open judgment. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Error assigned was order discharging rule to open judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This is an appeal from the court’s refusal to open a judgment entered by virtue of a confession contained in a lease of a stable. The lease was executed on March 11, 1912, and was for the term of one year from April 1,1912. The rent was payable quarterly in advance.
One ground upon which the defendant asked to have the judgment opened was that when she signed the lease she did not know that it contained a confession of judgment. But it is apparent, from the testimony, that, if she did not know it, it was because she did not read the lease, not because she did not have…
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