Bacon v. Scott
Bacon v. Scott
Opinion of the Court
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The appellant was permitted to file two supplemental affidavits of defence and, making the most of the opportunity thus afforded him, has, by a process of evolution, succeeded in averring facts which constitute a defence in this ease. The suit is upon two promissory notes given to Mershon & Co., in part payment for doors, blinds and moldings sold to appellant by them, whose agent the appellee was in making the sale. It is averred “ that the appellee is not the holder or owner for value before maturity, but the same were handed by Mershon & Co., the payees, to him for the purpose of debarring appellant from a defence to the same.” The language here used is identical with that used in Moeck v. Littell, 82 Pa. 356, in which it was said, viz.: “ This is not only an express averment that the defendant in error is not a purchaser for value of the note before it matured, but in substance the further avermen t that it is still
Judgment reversed and a procedendo awarded.
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- Promissory notes — Fraud—Affidavit of defence. In an action on promissory notes by an indorsee against the maker, an affidavit oí defence is sufficient which avers that the plaintiff is not the holder or owner for value before maturity, but that the notes were handed by the payee to him for the purpose of deban'ing defendant from a defence : Moeck v. Littell, 82 Pa. 356. Sale — ■Warranty—Affidavit of defence. In an action to recover the price of certain doors, blinds and moldings, an affidavit of defence is sufficient which avers that the goods were sold under the express warranty and agreement that they were in size and dimensions like other doors, blinds and moldings being used in a large building operation, and were to be used therein; that defendant had no opportunity to examine them; that the articles were unsuitable for the purposes ordered, and not as represented in size and kind, and that in consequence defendant was compelled to sell them at a loss, specifically stated in the affidavit.