Bakes v. Reese
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 139, Jan. T., 1892, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 58, entered for want of a sufficient affidavit of defence, in assumpsit, for rents accruing after an intestate’s death and collected by his administratrix. The facts are given in the opinion, as they appeared before the court below, Patterson, J. Brror assigned was decree entering judgment for want of sufficient affidavit of defence, quoting the decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sterrett,
The plaintiffs, in their statement of claim, present a clear prima facie case. They aver, in substance, that, as children and heirs at law of Thomas Bakes, they bring this suit to recover from defendant the amount of rents collected by her from real estate of which their father died seized. In connection therewith they present an itemized statement of the rents so collected by defendant, from March 25, 1889, to March 2, 1891, inclusive, giving date and amount of each item, aggregating $612.25. This is followed by a similar statement of sums paid by her for…
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