Inquirer Printing Co. v. Wehrly

Citations

• 157 Pa. 415
• 27 A. 703
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1431

Syllabus

<p>Judgment of justice of the peace — Opening—Laches.</p> <p>After a delay of fifteen years a judgment of a justice of the peace will not be set aside on the ground that the record shows that the justice continued the case without the appearance or consent of defendant, and that he finally entered judgment by default without hearing any evidence.</p> <p>Judgment of justice of the peace — Transcript—Execution—Scire facias— Acts of May 5, 1854, and June 25, 1885.</p> <p>The act of May 5, 1854, P. L. 581, which provides that no execution shall issue on a judgment of a justice of the peace after five years unless revived by scire facias is not repealed by the act of June 25, 1885, P. L. 160, relating to the filing of transcripts of such judgments in the common pleas, and the issuing of execution thereon: Smith v. Wehrly, above, page 407.</p>