Frick & Lindsay Co. v. Kent & Kervin

Citations

• 265 Pa. 264
• 108 A. 600
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 535

Syllabus

<p>Practice, C. P. — Contract—Affidavit of defense — Lump charges.</p> <p>In an action to recover a balance due on machinery sold and delivered under a written contract, an affidavit of defense is insufficient, where a set-off is averred of various amounts paid for wages, material, and for loss of use of the machinery, but the amounts are merely lumped, without any statement of the items 'showing how such lump sums were made up.</p>