Greater Finance Co. v. Harris

OPINION

In this action in assumpsit against a husband and wife based on a breach of a loan agreement allegedly executed by both defendants, default judgment was entered against the wife-defendant at 9:45 a. m. on the twenty-first day following service of the complaint. The Court of Common Pleas denied a petition to open the judgment. The Superior Court affirmed the action of the Court of Common Pleas by a divided vote. Greater Finance Co. v. Harris, 245 Pa.Super. 8, 369 A.2d 266 (1976). Judge Spaeth filed a dissenting opinion in which Judges Price and Van der Voort joined. Id., 245 Pa.Super.…