STRICKLER v. UNITED ELEVATOR CO. (INC.)


248 Pa.Super. 258 (1977)

375 A.2d 86

Herman STRICKLER and Pauline Strickler v. UNITED ELEVATOR CO. (INC.), N.P.S.S. Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. Appeal of PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Sheehan, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Thomas J. McCormack, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


JACOBS, Judge:

This is an appeal by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust from an order of the lower court dismissing its petition to open and/or strike the default judgment entered against it on January 19, 1976. For the reasons developed below, we reverse.

The essential facts of this case are not in dispute and may be summarized as follows: On June 20, 1974, Herman Strickler, a 93 year old tenant...

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