Woods v. Woods
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EEEOE TO THE OOUET OE COMMON PLEAS OE CUMBEELAND COUNTY. No. 26 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 276, 277, 278 and 279 September Term 1888, O.- P. On August 18, 1888, judgments were entered in favor of Anna M. Woods, administratrix of W. S. Woods, deceased, for tbe use of John S. Munro, against James T. Woods, on four bonds each containing' a warrant of attorney to confess judgment tbereon.
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EEEOE TO THE OOUET OE COMMON PLEAS OE CUMBEELAND COUNTY. No. 26 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 276, 277, 278 and 279 September Term 1888, O.- P. On August 18, 1888, judgments were entered in favor of Anna M. Woods, administratrix of W. S. Woods, deceased, for tbe use of John S. Munro, against James T. Woods, on four bonds each containing' a warrant of attorney to confess judgment tbereon. Each bond was for tbe sum of $1,000, was dated June 14, 1878, bore interest from April 1, 1875, payable-annually, and was due April 1, 1888. The same day tbe judgments were entered, writs of…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The judgments in this case were entered upon warrants of attorney over ten years old, without an application to the court as required by the Rules, and executions were issued thereon. Subsequently, the court granted leave to the plaintiff in the judgments to file the affidavit and make the motion required by the 133d section of the Rules of Court, nunc pro tunc. This was done, and the court then discharged a rule which had been previously granted to strike off the judgments, but set aside the executions which had been issued thereon. We see no error in this. The plaintiff was…
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