Craig v. Taylor (Et Al.)

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This is an appeal by Henry Kaufhold from the refusal of the court below to open a judgment in ejectment entered upon a confession in a lease. Appellant did not execute the lease, and was not named as a defendant in the judgment. Taylor, the lessee, against whom the judgment was entered, did not seek to open it, and is not a party to this appeal.

On March 27, 1944, J. Reed Craig, appellee, leased premises to Forest R. Taylor for a term beginning April 1, 1944, and ending March 31, 1946. On November 12, 1945, Taylor verbally assigned the lease to Henry Kaufhold, appellant, to…