Leibowitz v. Walker

Citations

• 48 Pa. Super. 416
• 1911 Pa. Super. LEXIS 401

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Opening judgment — Laches—Discretion of court.</p> <p>The appellate court will not review the discretion of the court of common pleas in refusing to open a judgment for want of an affidavit of defense where the defendant merely alleges as an excuse for his default, inexperience in legal affairs, absence from the city and illness, and it also appears that he knew of the entry of the judgment four days thereafter, and that he did not apply to open the judgment until three months later and after execution process had issued against his land and proceeded to a vend. ex.</p>