West v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Plaintiff, employed by the defendant, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was injured and for a time received benefits from a Relief Fund under the general administration of what, in Exhibit No. 1, is designated as The Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Department. He avers that he received “relief benefits due up to May 11, 1932” but none thereafter, and seeks to recover them from the railroad company in this action of assumpsit.

Defendant, desiring to challenge the legal sufficiency of the statement of claim, filed what it entitled “Affidavit of Defense”…