Citizens Natural Gas Co. v. Waynesburg Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Greene Co., Peb. T., 1904, No. 68, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Citizens Natural Gas Company to use of A. A. Purnam, Jr., v. Waynesburg Natural Gas Company and The Manufacturers Light and Heat Company. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
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Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Greene Co., Peb. T., 1904, No. 68, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Citizens Natural Gas Company to use of A. A. Purnam, Jr., v. Waynesburg Natural Gas Company and The Manufacturers Light and Heat Company. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before Cbaweobd, P. J. The material averments of the affidavit of defense are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Thompson,
A court without doubt is the best interpreter of its own rules and its constructions of them ought to be authoritative. The court below made the following rule: “ All affidavits on the *139part of the plaintiff or defendant may be made either by the party or his agent, but when made by an agent, the character of such agency, and his means of knowledge of the facts alleged in his affidavit must be set forth, and also the reason why the affidavit is not made by the party himself.” The effect of this rule is involved in the compliance with it of certain persons making…
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