Legal Opinion
Fidelity Bank v. Gorson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 26, 1982No. 1885,1958, 2066PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAVANAUGH, Judge:
These cases involve appeals from court orders upon petitions to open and strike judgments which were entered upon a promissory note by The Fidelity Bank against S. Marshall Gorson, The Estate of Joseph N. Gorson and Harry F. Glazer, individually and trading as Gorson Enterprises. The note was an unsecured demand note in the amount of three million dollars dated May 23, 1978. It contained a provision empowering Fidelity to confess judgment against the maker at any time before or after maturity. A confession of judgment was entered on the note pursuant to a complaint filed in…
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