Seltzer v. Ashton Hall Nursing & Convalescent Home

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County opening a default judgment entered in favor of Bernard Seltzer, Administrator of the Estate of Morris Seltzer, deceased, plaintiff-appellant, and against Ashton Hall Nursing and Convalescent Home, defendant-appellee.

The facts in this case are quite similar to the case of Ab v. Continental Imports, 220 Pa. Superior Ct. 5, 281 A. 2d 646 (1971), in which this Court held that the lower court abused its discretion in opening a default judgment where the facts indicated that it was clearly not…