Crane Railroad Co. v. Central Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 354, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lehigh Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 57, for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Crane Railroad Company v. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. Assumpsit for a balance for services rendered in and about the transportation of cars. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before Grom an, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 354, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lehigh Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 57, for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Crane Railroad Company v. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. Assumpsit for a balance for services rendered in and about the transportation of cars. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before Grom an, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court made the rule absolute. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in making absolute rule for judgment for want of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Appellee brought assumpsit against appellant to recover the sum of two thousand one hundred seventy-six dollars and forty-four cents ($2,176.44) with interest from September 1, 1909, being a balance claimed to be due for transporting over the railroad of appellee cars received from appellant’s line. A judgment was entered in the court below against appellant for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, and this appeal followed. The facts are as follows: For a long time prior to 1905 the Crane Iron Works, a corporation of this Commonwealth, organized for and…
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