Light v. Sholl
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from order of C. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1902, No. 266, discharging rule to open judgment in case of Ezra H. Light v. Priscilla Sholl. Rule to open judgment. Before Ehrgood, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. jError assigned was order discharging rule to open judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
A rule to show cause why a judgment, entered by the plain*135tiff against the defendant upon a judgment note, should not be opened and the defendant let in to a defense was, after a careful and painstaking hearing by the judge who heard the testimony in the court below, discharged.
The only error assigned here is the discharge of the rule.
The defendant alleged that the note upon which the judgment was entered was a forgery. The testimony upon this subject was that of herself and a comparison of the signature to the note in question with others which she admitted to be genuine.…
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