Shainline v. Alberti Builders, Inc.

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County denying a petition to open a default judgment. For the reasons which follow, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On November 17, 1977, appellee Shainline Excavating filed its complaint in assumpsit seeking payment from appellant for services rendered at a construction site in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Service was made on November 23, 1977 on appellant Alberti Builders, Inc., at its business offices in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Appellant’s president, Francis Alberti, phoned counsel for…