Bowlds v. Smith

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas rendered in favor of defendant, appellee herein, upon the motion of defendant for a summary judgment.

The petition was filed on June 7, 1960. On October 27, 1960, a motion to make the petition definite and certain was overruled and defendant was granted leave to answer in two weeks. No answer was filed to the petition, but, on December 19, 1960, defendant filed her motion for summary judgment. On a pretrial held on December 27, 1960, the court, noting that a motion for summary judgment had been filed, gave…