Philadelphia v. Adams

Citations

• 15 Pa. Super. 483
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 387

Syllabus

<p>Opening judgment — Searing on merit — Waiver of formal defects.</p> <p>Where a defendant, with the record of the proceedings on a municipal claim before him, attacks a judgment and demands a hearing on the merits, he will be held to have waived all mei'e formal defects in the writ and the manner of service, and to have submitted himself to the jurisdiction of the court; and where he failed to establish his defense upon the merits, the rule to open the judgment was properly discharged.</p> <p>Municipal claim — Refusal to strike off judgment for alleged nonservice of registered owner.</p> <p>Where a municipal claim has been filed in Philadelphia and judgment obtained thereon and revived, the action of the court of common pleas in refusing to strike off the judgment because it is alleged there was a registered owner not served, will not be reversed upon appeal.</p>