First Fidelity Bank, N.A. v. Standard MacHine & Equipment Co.

JOHNSON, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting defendants’ petition to vacate a New Jersey judgment that had been duly entered against them in Pennsylvania. We are asked to determine whether New Jersey’s exercise of jurisdiction over the defendants comported with constitutionally required due process. Finding that New Jersey’s exercise of jurisdiction was proper, we reverse.

Defendants Standard Machine & Equipment Company and Frank Carlow and Michael Carlow (collectively referred to hereinafter as Standard) entered into a lease agreement on January 16, 1984 under which Standard leased…