Smith v. Wachob
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, Oct. T., 1896, by defendant, J. M. Hine, from order of C. P. Indiana Co., March Term, 1894, No. 323, overruling motion to open judgment. Motion to open judgment. Before Harry White, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order overruling motion to open judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
This appeal is from the order of the court of common pleas discharging a rule to open a judgment. The proceeding was irregular, and the application was without merit on the facts-The judgment was by confession, and' was entered in January, 1894. A rule to show cause why it should not be opened as to the defendant, Hine, who is the appellant here, was made absolute in June, 1894, and the issue was limited to the inquiry whether he had signed the note. There had been three trials of this issue, and at the last trial the verdict was against him. A rule for a new trial…
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