Fisher v. King
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 435, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, Henry King, from order of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1889, No. 452, refusing to open judgment in favor of Frederick Fisher. Rule to open judgment entered on single bill. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court discharged the rule. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was, inter alia, order of court as above.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
On January 18,1890, judgment was entered in this case on a single bill, dated July 1, 1889, with warrant of attorney in *5sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750), payable two years after date with interest at five per cent. The obligor is Henry King, this appellant; the obligee Frederick Fisher, appellee, who assigned the judgment to Bromley & Burns as collateral security for a loan of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225).
On October the 24th, 1891, on motion of defendant, the court awarded a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be opened and he…
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