Rochester Improvement Co. v. Foerstige

Citations

• 43 Pa. Super. 630
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 108

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Bent—Affidavit of defense — Principal and surety — Payments.</p> <p>Ia an action against sureties of a tenant for rent, an affidavit of defense- is insufficient which, contains only a naked averment that the lessee had paid “a large amount of the rent due under said lease,” and that the plaintiff had applied the sum so paid without the consent either of the lessee or of the defendants to the discharge of unpaid rent owing by the lessee on a former lease between the same parties.</p>