Philadelphia v. Lukens
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 69, Oct. T.', 1902, by Provident Life & Trust Company of Philadelphia and Thomas Learning, executors and trustees, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1874, No. 658, discharging rule to open judgment in case of Philadelphia v. Charles Lukens. Rule to open judgment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order of the court. cited: Simons v. Kern, 92 Pa. 455; Wolf v. Philadelphia, 105 Pa. 25.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The Provident Life & Trust Company, of Philadelphia, and Thomas Learning, executors and trustees under the will of George W. Lukens-, deceased, on May 2, 1901, presented their petition upon which a rule was granted to show cause, first, why they should not be admitted to intervene as defendants in the above proceeding, and, second, why the judgment entered January 26,1898, in said proceeding should not be opened, *300and the petitioners allowed to defend. There was attached to and made part of the petition a copy of the docket entries in the proceeding, and the…
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