E. T. Burrowes Co. v. Cambridge Springs Co.

Citations

• 26 Pa. Super. 315
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 312

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Opening judgment — Default—Laches.</p> <p>Where a defendant has entered an appearance and permitted a judgment to be entered against him for want of an affidavit of defense, he cannot, after a delay of five years, have the judgment opened on the mere statement by himself that “ for some unaccountable oversight no affidavit of defense was filed.”</p>