Boyle v. Breakwater Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 384, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from orders of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1912, No. 2249, suppressing plaintiff’s statement of claim and dismissing rules for judgment for want of sufficient affidavits of defense in case of Samuel A. Boyle, Jr., and A. B. G-reenshields, trading as Samuel A. Boyle, Jr., & Co., v. Breakwater Company. Rules to suppress statement, and for judgment for want of sufficient affidavits of defense.
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Appeal, No. 384, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from orders of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1912, No. 2249, suppressing plaintiff’s statement of claim and dismissing rules for judgment for want of sufficient affidavits of defense in case of Samuel A. Boyle, Jr., and A. B. G-reenshields, trading as Samuel A. Boyle, Jr., & Co., v. Breakwater Company. Rules to suppress statement, and for judgment for want of sufficient affidavits of defense. Before McMichael, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Errors assigned were order suppressing statement and order discharging,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of assumpsit brought June 27, 1912, to recover a balance alleged to be due the plaintiffs as fiscal agents of the defendant company in negotiating the sale of certain collateral trust notes made and executed by the defendant. The plaintiffs filed a statement of their claim which covers thirty-seven printed pages and embracing a copy of the contract which covers less than three pages. The defendant presented a petition to the court below alleging that the statement was not concise and within the terms of the act of assembly but contains a mass…
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