Legal Opinion
Peters Township Sanitary Authority v. American Home & Land Development Co.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1997No. 3288 C.D. 1996PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Judge.
Quail Run Sanitary Corporation (Quail Run), appeals from the opinion and order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court) denying Quail Run’s Petition to Open Default Judgment. We reverse.
Peters Township Sanitary Authority (Peters Township) filed suit against Quail Run on April 10, 1996. When Quail Run failed to respond within twenty days, Peters Township mailed to Quail Run a notice of intention to enter judgment dated May 2, 1996, and filed a praecipe to enter judgment by default on May 14, 1996 at 12:07 p.m.. Quail Run filed preliminary objections to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Schultz v. Erie Insurance ExchangeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Duckson v. Wee Wheelers, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Brown v. HahnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Moyer v. Americana Mobile Homes, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Kennedy v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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- BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP v. Jaskolka, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County2012
- In Re: Order Amending Rule 237.3 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil ProcedureSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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