Ryan v. Security Savings & Commercial Bank
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by the Security Savings & Commercial Bank against James T. Ryan. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The appellee, which we shall call the bank, brought suit against Ryan on a promissory note, and filed an affidavit of merit under the seventy-third rule of the trial court. Ryan pleaded in bar, and in due time filed an affidavit of defense, then a substituted one, and finally the one which is now before us. The bank moved for judgment; the court granted the motion on the ground that Ryan’s affidavit did not state a defense, and gave judgment for the bank, from which Ryan appeals.
Was Ryan’s affidavit sufficient? Since it represents his third attempt, it must be assumed…
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