Williams v. Snyder, Adm'r

When the Court of Common Pleas granted a second motion to strike, by setting aside an enrolled judgment of non pros and ordered that a damage suit for personal injuries should be reopened for trial, the defendant appealed claiming the court lacked authority to make such order.

On April 28, 1955, Max Schneider sued Philip Williams (the defendant), individually and trading as Williams Barber Shop, for injuries sustained when he fell while descending a basement stairway on November 12, 1952. Subsequently, upon the death of the original plaintiff, his personal representative, George Snyder, was…