Burns v. Sinkey

Laird, J.,

This is an action in assumpsit brought by plaintiff against defendant for the purpose of collecting $800, the amount of two different checks on the First National Bank of Latrobe given by defendant to plaintiff, one for the sum of $300 and the other for the sum of $500, on which checks payment was stopped.

Defendant files preliminary objections to plaintiff’s statement of claim alleging that “defendant, Stephen J. Sinkey, demurs to the sufficiency of plaintiff’s statement of claim in that paragraph 3 does not set forth any consideration for the debt therein alleged to be due to…