Gorson v. Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is the appeal of a judgment debtor from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County refusing to open a default judgment. The default judgment in the amount of $46,949 was taken against Collector of Taxes, one of four defendants named in a lawsuit, for failure of the Collector of Taxes to appear or to answer the complaint in assumpsit and trespass of the judgment creditors, S. Marshall Gorson et al., trading as Viewmont Village Joint Venture.

The plaintiffs below, now judgment creditors, are individuals, who were members of a joint venture in real…