Judgments — Res judicata — Mortgages — Cancellation — Forgeries — Previous dismissal of petition to open judgment — Act of March 27, 1862, P. L. 192.
Where a petition was filed under the Act of March 27, 1862, P. L. 192, to have a mortgage declared a forgery and cancelled of record, and it appeared that petitioner had previously filed a petition to open judgment on the bond accompanying the mortgage, on the ground that the signatures were forgeries, which had been dismissed, it was Held that the matter was res adjudicata and that the second petition was properly dismissed.
Submitted March 27, 1944.
PER CURIAM, April 10, 1944:
The decree of the court below in the above-entitled case is affirmed on the opinion of Judge MARSHALL, costs to be paid by the appellants.