Hart v. Stevens

JOHNSON, District Judge.

This is a rule to show cause why judgment should not be granted for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The action is assumpsit brought to recover an amount alleged to be due the plaintiff on a note given by defendant, a married woman, to the Union National Bank of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

The pleadings consist of a statement of claim, an affidavit of defense pleading new matter, a reply to new matter and a petition for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, upon which the rule now under consideration was granted.

It is well settled that plaintiff…