Strouse v. Querns

Citations

• 22 Pa. Super. 6
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 140

Syllabus

<p>Affidavit of defense— Guaranty—Fraud.</p> <p>In an action against a woman on a written guaranty of a son’s credit to an amount named, an affidavit of defense is sufficient which avers that the defendant was sixty-nine years of age and sick, and physically and mentally unable to transact business when she signed the paper; that the plaintiff’s agent stated to her that the paper contained merely a representation as to her son’s honesty, and that the agent pretended to read the paper to her, but falsely omitted the portion containing the guaranty.</p>