63 Pa. Super. 189 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1916
Opinion by
The plaintiff brought suit to recover an amount due on a stock subscription. Judgment was entered for failure to file an answer. An attachment was issued directed to the Western Saving Fund Society, where the defendant had moneys on deposit. A petition was then presented asking that the judgment be opened and the defendant be permitted to make a defense. The court made an order directing the judgment to be opened and upon terms that three hundred dollars be impounded to satisfy any judgment that might be recovéred against the defendant.
It has been repeatedly held that applications such as this are equitable proceedings and addressed to the sound discretion of the court: Italian, Etc., Bank Assn. v. La Spada, 58 Pa. Superior Ct. 576; Colguhonn v. Manufacturing Co., 62 Pa. Superior Ct. 85; Kaier v. O’Brien, 202 Pa. 153. To secure favorable consideration of such application there should be presented some meritorious circumstances calling for equitable
Tbe assignments of error are overruled and tbe order is affirmed at tbe cost of tbe appellant, and a procedendo awarded.