Bank of Italy v. Wetzel

— Action on a promissory note given for the sum of $5,600. The case was tried without a jury. The findings in effect determined that the defenses interposed were true and judgment followed in favor of defendants.

At the opening of the trial plaintiff moved for judgment on the pleadings. The motion was denied. Appellant here claims, first, that the lower court erred in its denial of the motion for the reason that all the allegations of plaintiff’s complaint were admitted and the affirmative defenses relied upon in the answer were legally insufficient to base any judgment in favor of defendants.…