Leonard v. Rucci

Henninger, P. J.,

In this application for the allowance of an appeal from the judgment *220of a justice of the peace for less than $100, on November 4, 1957, we denied an appeal because defendant failed to present his defense before the justice, a prerequisite to appeal under our court rule 6(5) (2) which provides as follows:

“The petition must show in every case that the appellant has a meritorious defense and the nature thereof, and in a case other than summary conviction, that the said defense was presented or offered at a hearing before the Subordinate Court. The petition must also show that…