Court Opinion

ID: 9713831
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:23:24.861333+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:20.802706
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Dissenting Opinion by
Jacobs, J.:
The warrant of attorney to confess judgment is revoked by the death of the maker and it is proper to strike off a judgment entered by confession or on a warrant of attorney after the death of the debtor. Klein, Judgment by Confession in Pennsylvania, p. 46 (1929); Shuchman, Judgment Notes in Pennsylvania, §23.1, p. 83 (1961); Ehnes v. Kissinger, 364 Pa. 334, 72 A. 2d 65 (1950) ; The Kingston Nat'l Bank v. Walters, 163 Pa. Superior Ct. 624, 63 A. 2d 380 (1949). The lower court must come to this conclusion if an effort is made to enforce the judgment against the deceased obligor’s separate property. It, therefore, appears to me that unnecessary litigation may result from holding that the husband of the deceased obligor has no standing to move to strike the judgment against his deceased wife simply because he hasn’t taken out letters on her estate. I respectfully dissent and would reverse and strike the judgment.
Montgomery, J., joins in this dissenting opinion.