Samuel Jacobs Distributors, Inc. v. Conditioned Air, Inc.

Opinion by

Spaulding, J.,

On November 18, 1969, appellant Samuel Jacobs Distributors, Inc., brought an assumpsit action on a book account against Preform Building Components, Inc., and two additional defendants. The complaint was reinstated January 13, 1970, and on February 27, 1970, appellant obtained a default judgment against appellee in the amount of $24,015.31. “A petition to open a default judgment is an appeal to the Court’s discretion, Fox v. Mellon, 438 Pa. 364, 366, 264 A. 2d 623 (1970); McDonald v. Allen, 416 Pa. 397, 206 A. 2d 395 (1965), and before that discretion will be exercised…