O'Connor v. American Iron Mountain Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county: No. 75, to October and November Term 1867. The American Iron Mountain Company brought an action against James O’Connor to June Term 1866, and filed, as their claim, an account of iron-ore sold to the defendant, with several items of interest, showing a balance of $2660 in their favor. The account was verified by the affidavit required by the rules of court.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county: No. 75, to October and November Term 1867. The American Iron Mountain Company brought an action against James O’Connor to June Term 1866, and filed, as their claim, an account of iron-ore sold to the defendant, with several items of interest, showing a balance of $2660 in their favor. The account was verified by the affidavit required by the rules of court. The defendant filed an affidavit of defence, averring that he “ never made any purchases of iron ore from the plaintiff, except to the value of $1000, which was fuily paid for ; * * *…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 7th 1868, by
Read, J.
This suit was brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant, on an indebtedness arising from sales and delivery of iron-ore to said defendant by said company, who filed an affidavit of claim and bill of particulars claiming a balance due them of $2660. On the 9th of April 1866, an affidavit of defence was filed, denying expressly that the defendant ever made any purchases of iron-ore from the plaintiffs except to the value of $1000, which was fully paid for, and for which he holds the plaintiffs’ receipts as of the…
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