J. B. Colt Co. v. Benjamin

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 8
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 232

Syllabus

<p>Appeals — Opening judgment — Discretion of court.</p> <p>The right to decide whether a judgment should be opened rests, in the first instance, with the common pleas, and the correctness of its decision is to be passed upon by the appellate courts. The refusal of the court to open the judgment will not be set aside where the findings of the court are sustained by the evidence, and the appellate courts will examine the record only to determine whether there has been any abuse of judicial discretion.</p>