Knerr v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philaphia county: Of July Term, 1883, No. 224. Covenant, by Caleb H. Bradley against Calvin B. Knerr, to recover rent alleged to be due under a lease for two periods of six months each from November 1,1882, to November 1,1883. The plaintiff filed a copy of the lease, and a statement of his claim. Under a rule obtained by the defendant, the plaintiff produced the original lease in court for inspection.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philaphia county: Of July Term, 1883, No. 224. Covenant, by Caleb H. Bradley against Calvin B. Knerr, to recover rent alleged to be due under a lease for two periods of six months each from November 1,1882, to November 1,1883. The plaintiff filed a copy of the lease, and a statement of his claim. Under a rule obtained by the defendant, the plaintiff produced the original lease in court for inspection. The defendant then filed an affidavit of defence, which is recited in full in the opinion of this court, infra. The plaintiff took a rule to show…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The single question presented on this record is, whether or not judgment was properly entered for want of a sufficient affidavit of defence.
The action is covenant, upon a contract under seal, brought to recover the rent of a furnished house and lot of ground at Bryn Mawr, from the first day of November, 1882, to the first day of November, 1883, $800. The plaintiff filed with his praecipe a copy of the covenant, together with a statement of the amount of his claim.
The affidavit of defence, which was filed, omitting the merely formal parts thereof, is in the words and form following:
“«The copy…
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