Beckman v. Altoona Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

This is an appeal from the final decree of the Common Pleas of Blair County sitting in equity. The case was heard upon bill, answer and replication, preliminary objections having been overruled. When a case is submitted to the court on the pleadings, all the averments of the bill not denied in the answer must be taken as true. All the averments of the bill denied in the answer must be considered as nonexisting; all allegations in the answer not denied or explained in the replication must be accepted. See Brooks et al. v. Coyle et al., 319 Pa. 80;…