Yauch v. D'ALESSANDRO

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict rendered by a jury in favor of the plaintiffs in an action of assumpsit.

At trial, the testimony of the plaintiffs (husband and wife) established that they had made two loans, totaling $15,500, to the defendant personally which were never repaid, and had also advanced him the sum of $350 as a deposit on the price of an automobile which was never delivered.

The defendant did not testify at trial and no oral evidence was offered in contradiction of the plaintiffs’ testimony. However, the defendant, through the…