213 Pa. 129
Decided November 4, 1905
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1905-11-04
Appeals, Nos. 32 and 33, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from orders of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1903, Nos. 240 and 241, refusing rules to open judgment in cases of Frank P. McDermott v. Laura Biggar Bennett and Aaron E. Johnston v. Laura Biggar Bennett. Petition for rule to open judgment.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1964
2 state decisions
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Reversed · Decided 1905-11-04
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¶1These two cases are substantially alike and were argued together.
¶2The appellant in her affidavit for a rule to open the judgments sets out that the. notes were given to counsel by a client who was in serious difficulties under circumstances which, even if they should not be shown to amount to fraud and coercion as charged, are certainly such as to justify full investigation.
¶3Order reversed and rule, directed to be allowed.