International Correspondence School, Inc. v. Crabtree

This suit was begun before a justice of the peace by a summons commanding the defendant in error to ap pear and answer the plaintiff in error in a “civil action of debt of $55 by sworn account from the State of Pennsylvania here to the conrt shown.” The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared in the trial court. The defendant, under oath, denied owing the account and filed a formal plea of nil debit.

Since no questions are raised by counsel as to the sufficiency of the pleadings, we will dispose of the case upon its merits.

Defendant entered into a written…