Kingston Coal Co. v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,

September 25, 1933:

Defendant appeals from judgment entered for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in an action of assumpsit upon an arbitrator’s award. The amount of the judgment was $521,755.79 with interest, Avhich represented payments due for coal mined and delivered by plaintiff to defendant during six years preceding 1929, together with interest thereon. Arbitration was had under the provisions of a contract executed in 1916 between appellee and appellant’s predecessor, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, hereinafter referred to…