Messmer Et Ux. v. McLaughlin

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

This is an appeal from an order opening a judgment in the amount of $2,000 entered upon a bond secured by a mortgage. In her petition, defendant averred she had paid the sum of $1,600 on account of the principal of the mortgage, payment having been made in nine instalments to Roger J. O’Donnell, a former member of the Luzerne County Bar, who, she alleged, was agent for the plaintiffs. It was admitted that the sum of $400 was still due. In their answer, plaintiffs admitted having received $400 from defendant through O’Donnell, but denied that O’Donnell was their agent…