19 Del. 5
Decided May 4, 1900
Superior Court of Delaware · decided 1900-05-04
The Petition was in the following form: The petition of Samuel J. Levy, of the City and County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, respectfully represents, That at the October Term, A. D. 1899, of this Court, a judgment upon foreign attachment proceedings at the suit of William F. Smalley, Jr. (the same being of record in the office of the Prothonotary of said Court in C. D. 17, page 162) was recovered against your petitioner for the sum of five hundred and…
Decided 1900-05-04
¶1This is an application for a rule to show cause.
¶2Mr. Ridgely:—That is not my application.
¶3Spkuance, J.:—A great many things are done on rules which, if we had no practice, might be done out of order. But we have a practice, and when you want to open a judgment you take a rule on the defendant to show cause why judgment should not be opened. We will grant you the rule to show cause, returnable at the next term of this Court. We cannot grant you anything more.