Matlock v. Lipare

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

The instant case arises on appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County striking off a judgment entered by ¿ Justice of the Peace in an assumpsit action. The lower court held that judgment had to be stricken due to its entry on a date more than five days after the date of the hearing on the assumpsit action. In doing so, the lower court relied upon Rule 322 of our Pennsylvania Rules of Conduct, Office Standards and Civil Procedure for Justices of the Peace. 1 The appellant, who instituted the action as plaintiff before the Justice of the Peace,…