Federated Fruit & Vegetable Growers, Inc. v. Born

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Appellant was defendant in an action of assumpsit instituted against him in the County Court of Allegheny County by Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc., to recover $664.10, the amount of the loss which plaintiff alleged it had suffered through the refusal of appellant to accept a shipment of two carloads of potatoes. The pleadings in the county court consisted of plaintiff’s statement of claim, accompanied by three exhibits, and an original and three supplemental affidavits of defense with two attached exhibits. Upon plaintiff’s motion, the county court, in an…