MERCHANTS BANK v. J.L. FOSTER INC.

Nos. 92-N-235 and 236.

16 Pa. D. & C. 4th 123 (1992)

Merchants Bank, N.A. v. J.L. Foster Inc.

Common Pleas Court of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

April 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark K. Altemose and John R.K. Solt, for plaintiff. Jeffrey L. Gilbert, for defendants.


REIBMAN, J., April 30, 1992.

Before the court are defendants' petitions to open and/or strike confessed judgments. They raise two issues: First, whether the confession of judgment clause, either on its face or as applied against the defendants, is unconstitutional? Second, whether the defendants are required to, and if so have demonstrated, a meritorious defense to the underlying claim in the face of a constitutional attack on the confession of judgment?

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