Case Name: CRANE v. FISH
Court: Philadelphia District Court
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1837-12-12
Citations: 2 Miles 165
Docket Number: 
Parties: CRANE v. FISH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases determined in the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia
Volume: 2
Pages: 165–166

Head Matter:
CRANE v. FISH.
December 12, 1837.
Rule to shoio cause of action, and why defendant should not be discharged on common bail.
An affidavit to hold to bail, averring “ that the defendant is justly and truly indebted to the plaintiff, in the sum of-dollars, for work, labour, and materials, done and furnished,” is insufficient,
THE affidavit did not aver that the work was done, or the materials furnished, either at the request of, or to, or for the defendant.

Opinion:
The Court
made the rule absolute, and discharged the defendant on common bail.
See the index, as to cases on affidavits to hold to bail, reported in tliis volume.