Hunter v. Henning
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 11, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1916, No. 129, reversing judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1914, No. 1410, for plaintiff, for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of David Hunter, Jr., Receiver of the Land Trust Company, v. J. F. Henning. Appeal from Superior Court. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The Court of Common Pleas entered judgment in favor of plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 11, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1916, No. 129, reversing judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1914, No. 1410, for plaintiff, for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of David Hunter, Jr., Receiver of the Land Trust Company, v. J. F. Henning. Appeal from Superior Court. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The Court of Common Pleas entered judgment in favor of plaintiff. The Superior Court reversed the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, reversing a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County. The case will be found reported in 64th Superior Court Reports, page 366. The original action was brought by a receiver of an insolvent bank to recover from the defendant, here the appellee, the amount due on a note for $950, of which he was maker. The liability of the defendant on the note was not in dispute, nor was the amount due, namely, $400. The only question in the case arose with the attempt on the part of the defendant to set off…
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