Harrison v. Stoeckert

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

These are appeals by joint defendants, husband and wife, from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County discharging a rule to open judgment entered on the bond accompanying a mortgage.

Defendants had -executed this mortgage in favor of plaintiff Celia Harrison, daughter of Hyman Landau, in the amount of $24,000 on January 23, 1947. They received and applied the consideration as follows: (1) $10,250.00 was applied to satisfy a prior mortgage between the same parties on the same premises; (2) $11,-136.50 was paid to Landau’s, Inc., of which…