Renn v. Provident Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

This is an action of trespass founded upon negligence; it is alleged that defendant, Provident Trust Company, upon request for a copy of the will of a specified person, furnished plaintiffs with a certified copy of a will of a different person having the same name, upon which will plaintiffs relied to their detriment. The appeal is by plaintiffs from the judgment entered for defendant upon the sustaining of its affidavit of defense raising questions of law.

In view of the procedure that brought the case to issue we take the facts as alleged in the statement of claim.…