Plunkett v. Roehm
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 151, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1899, No. 1272, for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before the court in banc. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Judgment for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense for $1,354. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 151, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1899, No. 1272, for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before the court in banc. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Judgment for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense for $1,354. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was entry of judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. In addition to the averment of the fraud in the attempt of the plaintiff to collect the note in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff was the owner of a hotel property, of which Roller and Ernst were lessees, and conducted thereon the busi*85ness of licensed retail liquor dealers. They were indebted to John Roehm in a large sum of money for beer furnished by him, and also to the plaintiff for arrears of rent amounting to $1,325.52. Herman E. Roller, one of the copartners, filed an application for a retail liquor dealer’s license for the Plunkett hotel property, which application was pending at the time the note in suit was given. For some undisclosed reason, John Roehm desired that the…
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