Hoffman v. Whelan

Citations

• 160 Pa. 94
• 28 A. 498
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 771

Syllabus

<p>Live stock insurance — Assessments—Affidavit of defence.</p> <p>In an action by tlie receiver of a live stock insurance company to recover assessments levied for the purpose of paying the death losses of certain specified horses, an affidavit of defence is sufficient which denies the existence of any such indebtedness and avers that at the time said assessments were made there was no such indebtedness by the company nor is there now, and that the very claims for which said assessments were made have been paid.</p>