Johnson Ex Rel. Manufacturers' Finance Co. v. Mercantile Insurance Co. of America
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal was submitted here without oral argument. Appellant complains of the discharge of a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
We need not discuss the pleadings; it is sufficient to say that the case is within the familiar rule adopted shortly after the enactment of the statute allowing an appeal from the refusal to enter judgment. “The act -of Assembly authorizing writs of error to be taken when a Court of Common Pleas refuses to enter judgment on the ground of the sufficiency of an affidavit of defense, was intended to reach only clear cases of…
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- Pennsylvania R.R. Co. v. ColesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Lee L. Co., Inc. v. Russell Sales Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
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- Gehret v. Mitten Bank Securities Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935