Alger Petroleum Inc. v. Spedalere

On February 24, 1989 a Confessed Judgment was entered by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County pursuant to the complaint of Margaret Spedalere, appellee, as the Personal Representative of the estate of Leonard E. Carnes. Alger Petroleum, Inc., Leola C. Brooks and Emmett H. Brooks, appellants, filed an Answer to the appellee's complaint. Appellee filed a Motion to Strike the Answer which prompted appellants to file immediately a Motion to Vacate the Confessed Judgment. After a hearing the Circuit Court for Baltimore County found that the Motion to Vacate was untimely and the Answer was insufficient to open the Confessed Judgment. The following is the chronology of the proceedings: