Ruto v. Italian Burial Casket Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

In his capacity as administrator of the estate of Maria Antonia Ruto, plaintiff brought assumpsit against the defendant corporation to recover two items aggregating $211.20; the court below held the affidavit of defense insufficient as to one of them, $79.20, and entered a judgment, on the pleadings, in favor of the plaintiff for that amount; the present appeal by the defendant followed.

This litigation had its origin in certain contracts between defendant and Maria Antonia Ruto, and Carmine Ruto, her husband, relative to furnishing “funeral and burial equipment.”

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