Riott v. Blackstone

Citations

• 10 Pa. Super. 591
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 324

Syllabus

<p>Final or interlocutory judgment — Statutory period for appeals — Practice, G. P.</p> <p>A judgment is interlocutory and requires a writ of inquiry only where the sum is uncertain ; where the sum is certain or can be made so by mere calculation the judgment is final. This principle is not confined to actions of debt but is applied to actions of assumpsit.</p> <p>A judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense having been entered on March 7,1898, it follows that an appeal taken October 28 is too late.</p>