National Council of Junior Order of United American Mechanics of United States of North America v. Zytnick

Opinion by

Packel, J.,

The appellant had filed 13 petitions to fix the fair market value of properties, acquired as a result of the foreclosure of 13 mortgages, pursuant to the Deficiency Judgment Act of July 16, 1941, P. L. 400, §1 et seq., 12 P.S. §2621.1 et seq. After routinely fixing a date for hearings on the petitions, the court sua sponte issued a rule to show cause why the order for the hearings should not be vacated.

The court’s reason for the issuance of the rule was its doubt about the validity of the corporate existence of the petitioner. After a hearing on the rule, the court made…