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3 Walker 68

Kennedy's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 15, 1883

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1883-01-15

The petition for an issue was as follows: The petition of W. D. Kennedy and E. B. Silkman, assignees of the Citizens’and Miners’ Saving’s Bank and Trust Company, respectfully represents: ' That the fund for distribution in this case arises from the sale of lots No. 1 and No. 2, in block E, on the above stated judgment which was obtained on a sci. fa. sur mortgage on said lots dated 23 Nov., 1872, for $6,800.

Decided 1883-01-15

¶1The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Common Pleas on March 5th, 1833, in the following opinion,

Per. Curiam.

¶2To obtain an issue in this case it was not sufficient to aver that material facts were in. dispute ; the affidavit must go further, “and set forth the nature and character thereof.”. It is not sufficient to aver in general terms, that certain sums specified were not. due on .either of the mortgages. The ,,time and manner of payment must be averred with reasonable certainty. The Court . committed no error in holding that no material facts were set forth in the affidavit with sufficient precision to justify the ordering of an issue.

¶3Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellant. , , .

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