Selden v. Jackson

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Boic,

Judgment on a single bill was entered by confession in Philadelphia County on March 9, 1955, against defendants. On March 15, 1955, the record of this judgment was exemplified and entered in Delaware County.

On February 5, 1960, a petition to open the judgment was filed in Delaware County, and, after hearing, an order was made, dated July 15, 1960, opening the judgment and letting the defendants in to a defense. The plaintiff appealed.

The matter before the Delaware County court was coram non judice, under the Act of April 16, 1840, P. L. 410, 12 PS §891. It had power…