Borough of Youngwood v. Gay
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, April Term, 1918, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Westmoreland County, Nov. T., 1915, No. 59, discharging a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Borough of Youngwood v. Morrison A. Gay. Assumpsit for municipal improvements. Before McConnell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Buie for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The court discharged the rule.
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Appeal, No. 123, April Term, 1918, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Westmoreland County, Nov. T., 1915, No. 59, discharging a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Borough of Youngwood v. Morrison A. Gay. Assumpsit for municipal improvements. Before McConnell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Buie for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The court discharged the rule. Error assigned was order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The borough brings this action of assumpsit and seeks to recover judgment against the defendant personally for the amount of an assessment for benefits, resulting from the grading and paving of Third street in the borough, upon a lot of which it is alleged the defendant was, at the time of the improvement, the owner. The plaintiff, deeming the affidavit of the defendant to be insufficient, took a rule for judgment, which the court discharged, and from that order the plaintiff appeals. The street was improved by the borough under the powers conferred by the general Act of…
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