ROCHE v. RANKIN


406 Pa. 92 (1962)

Roche v. Rankin, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marlyn F. Smith, with him James F. McMullan, Jr., and Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, and High, Swartz, Roberts & Seidel, for appellant.

Herman Lang Sundheim, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and ALPERN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 2, 1962:

This is an appeal from an order of the court below refusing to strike from the record or in the alternative to open a judgment entered by virtue of an agreement authorizing a confession of judgment.

On August 11, 1952, the appellant, William J. Rankin, and the appellee, Catherine M. Roche, entered into an unusual written agreement to compromise and adjust certain differences...

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