McKeown v. Bailey

¶ 1 This is a consolidated direct appeal from two orders entered by the Trial Court, one denying Appellants’ petition to appeal from a decision by a District Justice, and the other denying a motion for reconsideration, a motion to strike judgment and a petition to open the judgment. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

¶ 2 Appellee, Michael J. McKeown, filed a suit before a District Justice seeking damages against Defendants/Appellants, G. Thomas Bailey and his wife, Evelyn H. Bailey, on a breach of a contract claim. Appellee averred that he procured a buyer for a parcel of real…