In re the Accounting of Furlong

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• a delay longer than the applicable period of limitation is generally considered sufficient to warrant a judgment of non-pros
• “The duty, therefore, is clearly on the appellant to proceed with his cause of action and he, not the appellee, should bear the risk of not acting within a reasonable time.”
• a five and one-half year delay in a non pros case

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