McPherson v. Cole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 418, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Susquehanna Co., Nov. T.,' 1911, No. 99, opening judgment in case of James McPherson, assigned to George I. Cole, v. Annie Cole, administratrix of the Estate of Henry Cole, deceased. Buie to open judgment. Before Little, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 418, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Susquehanna Co., Nov. T.,' 1911, No. 99, opening judgment in case of James McPherson, assigned to George I. Cole, v. Annie Cole, administratrix of the Estate of Henry Cole, deceased. Buie to open judgment. Before Little, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. From the record it appeared that a judgment by confession was entered as of January Term, 1877; that no proceedings were taken thereon until November Term, 1910, when the original judgment was revived by confession of the administratrix of the original…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The original judgment in this case, entered upon confession, for the sum of $600, payable in three years, had been suffered to slumber in undisturbed repose for more than thirty years during the life of the judgment debtor, Henry Cole, without any attempt to revive it. Henry Cole died in 1909 seized of certain real estate. He left surviving a widow, and six children by a former wife. The widow became administratrix of the estate. A year after the death of Cole the use plaintiff in the judgment, George I. Cole, a brother of the decedent, who had acquired the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gump v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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