BASKERVILLE v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS


278 Pa.Super. 59 (1980)

419 A.2d 1355

George BASKERVILLE v. PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Craven, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gordon Gelfond, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before CERCONE, President Judge, and WATKINS and LIPEZ, JJ.


CERCONE, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the order of the court below declining to open a default judgment entered against the defendant-appellant in a trespass action. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

The record reveals that in September of 1976 an accident occurred between an automobile operated by plaintiff-appellee and a truck being driven by appellant's agent. On January 19, 1978, a copy of the complaint, properly endorsed with notice...

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