New England Steam Brick Co. v. Dube ( 1895 )

RESCRIPT. Section 59, of the amendments to the Judiciary Act,¹ requires that a defendant, to entitle himself to defend, shall make an affidavit only "that in his opinion there is a good and valid defence, and in what said defence consists." The defendant's affidavit in the present suit is a substantial compliance with this provision.

Motion for judgment for want of sufficient affidavit denied.

¹ Reenacted, Gen. Laws R.I. cap. 239, § 14.