Lewycka v. Springfield Mutual Insurance

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the County Court of Philadelphia granting the petition of the Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania to stay proceedings and dissolve an attachment.

The plaintiff appellant, Irene Lewycka, instituted an action in assumpsit on an automobile theft policy against the Springfield Mutual Insurance Co. to recover the value of her automobile which had been stolen. Service of the complaint was made on March 18, 1962. The defendant company did not file an answer and judgment by default was entered on April 11, 1962. On April 17, 1962, a writ of…