New York National Exchange Bank v. Crowell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 199, Jan. T., 1896, by defendants, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 359, making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Assumpsit on a promissory note.
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Appeal, No. 199, Jan. T., 1896, by defendants, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 359, making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Assumpsit on a promissory note. The plaintiff’s statement of claim was as follows: The plaintiff claims of the defendants the sum of $2,500, and the sum of $2.08, the cost of protest, together with interest, on said sums from January 8, 1894, which is justly due and payable to the plaintiff by the defendants upon the cause of action whereof the following is a statement. For several years before the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Stebbett,
This suit, against Harry P. Crowell and four others trading as the Crowell & Class Cold Storage Co., was brought to recover the principal, interest, etc., of a note for $2,500, at four months from September 5, 1893, made by said company to its own order and by it indorsed, etc.
One of the defendants was not served. Two of the others filed no affidavit and judgment by default was taken against them. The remaining two — appellants in this case — filed an affidavit, which was adjudged insufficient, and judgment was accordingly entered against them. It is…
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