Michaels v. Moritz

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The court below made absolute a rule to show cause why a judgment entered on a note containing a power of attorney to confess judgment should not be opened. The plaintiff has appealed.

“An application to open a judgment entered upon a warrant of attorney is an equitable proceeding governed by equitable principles and addressed to the sound discretion of the court. On appeal we consider only whether the court kept within the bounds of its discretionary power”: Mutual B. & L. Assn. v. Walukiewicz, 322 Pa. 240, 185 A. 648. The Supreme Court has in many cases recently said…