Helfrich v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 65, Jan. T., 1921, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lehigh Co., April T., 1918, No. 110, making absolute rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of Reuben Helfrich v. L. A. Snyder et al. Assumpsit on promissory note. Before Grom an, P. J. See 8 Lehigh Go. L. J. 408. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court made a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense absolute. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 65, Jan. T., 1921, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lehigh Co., April T., 1918, No. 110, making absolute rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of Reuben Helfrich v. L. A. Snyder et al. Assumpsit on promissory note. Before Grom an, P. J. See 8 Lehigh Go. L. J. 408. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court made a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense absolute. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was above order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendants, as endorsers on a note, were sued by the payee and appealed from a judgment entered against them for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
The statement of claim sets out a copy of the note made by the Eureka Slate Manufacturing Company, Ltd., to the order of plaintiff, dated April 11, 1912, for $5,500, payable one day after date, “with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum payable semiannually,” and endorsed by the six defendants. The statement avers the note was not in fact delivered until a week after it became due, and in the meantime…
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