Rothkugel v. Smith

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 590
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Opening judgment — Municipal Court of Philadelphia — Practice, C. P.</p> <p>A judgment entered in the Municipal Court' of Philadelphia County on the twelfth day after service of statement, for want of an answer within ten days as required hy rule of court, cannot bo opened on mere petition, without any evidence to support the petition, and without opportunity to file an answer to petition to open the judgment.</p> <p>It is not a ground for opening such a judgment that the papers in the case had been mixed up with other papers in the office of the attorney for the defendant, and that the notice to answer had been overlooked.</p>