Laufer v. Landis

Citations

• 125 Pa. 104
• 17 A. 242
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 696

Syllabus

<p>1. Section 3, act of May 25, 1887, P. L. 271, providing that a plaintiff’s declaration shall consist of a concise statement of the plaintifl’s demand, as provided by § 5, act of March 21, 1806, 4 Sm. L. 328, does not exclude from its operation cases concurrently cognizable before a justice of the peace.</p> <p>2. Wherefore, in an action in the Court of Common Pleas for an amount within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace under the act of July 7, 1879, P. L. Í94, if the plaintiff have filed a sufficient statement he is entitled to judgment in default of an affidavit of defence.</p>