Scheirer v. Faith-Lehigh Plating Co.

Wieand, J.,

After a complaint and an answer had been filed in this action of mortgage foreclosure, plaintiff moved for judgment on the pleadings, and this motion is now before the court for disposition.

For the purpose of passing upon a motion for judgment on the pleadings, the well-pleaded allegations of fact contained in defendant’s answer are to be taken as true (Toff v. Vlahakis, 380 Pa. 512, 513; Wark & Company v. Twelfth & Sansom Corporation, 378 Pa. 578, 580), and judgment will be entered only where it is clear that no meritorious legal defense has been raised: Necho Coal Company v.…