Taylor v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Opinion by

Packel, J.,

Defendant, a Delaware corporation, admittedly doing business in Pennsylvania, appeals from the order of the court below discharging its rule to open a default judgment. It claims that valid service was never made in compliance with Pa. R. C. P. 2180(a) (2) upon it or any of its agents.

The complaint, filed on August 27, 1968, alleged that on December 28, 1966, the plaintiff slipped on the icy sidewalk of a service station located at 5th and Erie Avenue in Philadelphia. Service was made upon another station located at 6th and Lehigh Avenue. A default judgment was entered…