Legal Opinion

McKee v. Verner

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1913No. Appeal, No. 227PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal, No. 227, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P., No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 24, making absolute rule to open judgment in case of H. Sellers McKee v. Murray A. Verner. Rule to open judgment. Before Frazer, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts of the case. Error assigned was order making absolute rule to open judgments. , .

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Mestrezat,

By virtue of a warrant of attorney, the plaintiff, on October 12, 1908, entered judgment in the court below against the defendant on a note for $145,000, dated February 25, 1907, and, payable sixty days after date In May, 1910, the defendant presented his petition to the court, and obtained a rule on the plaintiff to show cause why the judgment should not be opened and he be let into a defense. Paragraph 4 of the petition, after reciting that the parties had had intimate business dealings for many years, had loaned each other money and endorsed each other’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Thorp v. WegefarthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. State Camp of Penna. of Patriotic Sons of America v. KelleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  2. Harrison v. StoeckertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. J. M. Korn & Son, Inc. v. Fleet-Air Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Williams v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  5. Knuth v. Erie-Crawford Dairy Cooperative AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972

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