Walter v. Fees
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 237, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, Plarry Fees, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1891, No. 335, refusing to open judgment.
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Appeal, No. 237, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, Plarry Fees, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1891, No. 335, refusing to open judgment. Rule to open judgment upon a warrant of attorney for $200. On the hearing of the rule defendant testified that plaintiff, a licensed saloon keeper, asked him to take charge of her saloon and manage it for her, which he refused to do, on the ground that he could not dispose of his grocery business; that several times after this she made the same request, and said to him that “ whatever he would lose in the sale of his store, she would make good,”…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This was an appeal from the refusal of the court below to open a judgment. In all such cases a wide discretion must necessarily be exercised by the learned judge of the court below. See Jenkintown National Bank’s Appeal, 124 Pa. 337. We find no abuse of this discretion in the present case.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bank v. FulmorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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