Greater Finance Company v. Harris

JACOBS, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition to open a judgment taken by default. For the reasons stated hereinafter, we affirm the order of the court below.

[ 1] The cases are legion, the principles oft-cited, and the limitations of appellate inquiry well-defined. “Our review of the decision of the court below [on a petition to open a judgment by default] ... is guided by several well established principles, foremost of which is that ‘only when there has been an abuse of discretion by the court below in refusing to open a default judgment will this Court reverse . . . . ’…