Adam v. Mengel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
January Term, 1887, No. 17, E. D., before Mercur, Ch. J., Gordon, Paxson, Trunkey, Sterrett, Green, and Clark, JJ. Error to the Common Pleas of Berks County to review a judgment for the plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in an action of scire facias sur mortgage.
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January Term, 1887, No. 17, E. D., before Mercur, Ch. J., Gordon, Paxson, Trunkey, Sterrett, Green, and Clark, JJ. Error to the Common Pleas of Berks County to review a judgment for the plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in an action of scire facias sur mortgage. The facts are stated in the following opinion, delivered by Ermentrout, J., upon making absolute the rule for judgment: The defendant seeks to avoid judgment upon the scire facias by alleging lhat Mahlon A. Sellers, Esq., the justice of the peace before whom the mortgage was acknowledged, was incompetent to do so…
1Per curiam
The able and satisfactory opinion of the learned judge fully sustains the conclusion at which he arrived.
Judgment affirmed.
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