Shifferstine v. Sitler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 230, Jan. T., 1919, by defendants, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1918, No. 93, entering judgment for plaintiff in case of E. E. Shifferstine, President of the School Board of the School District of the Borough of Tamaqua, now Thomas J. Howells, President of said School Board to use of the School District of Tamaqua Borough, v. C. E. Sitler, Alfred Knepper, John A. Moyer, Charles Graeff, administrators of the estate of Charles Snyder, deceased,…
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Appeal, No. 230, Jan. T., 1919, by defendants, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1918, No. 93, entering judgment for plaintiff in case of E. E. Shifferstine, President of the School Board of the School District of the Borough of Tamaqua, now Thomas J. Howells, President of said School Board to use of the School District of Tamaqua Borough, v. C. E. Sitler, Alfred Knepper, John A. Moyer, Charles Graeff, administrators of the estate of Charles Snyder, deceased, Barbara E. Wetterau, executrix of the estate of John Wetterau, deceased, Alfred Knepper. Assumpsit against sureties on a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
The court below directed judgment to be entered for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense and the only question for our consideration is, was it proper to enter a summary judgment under Section 20 of the Act of May 14, 1915, P. L. 483, without permitting the defendant to file a supplemental affidavit. The original affidavit raised only questions of law and there was no effort to answer “the averments of fact in the statement of claim.” It challenged the right of the legal plaintiff and his successor to sue, for the reason they did not fill the description…
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