Heap v. Borchers

United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Decided February 18, 1901.)

United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · decided 1901-02-18

<p>Equity Pleading— Striking Out Plea for Insufficiency.</p> <p>A motion to strike a plea from the files for alleged insufficiency denied.</p>

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On motion to strike plea from the files · Decided 1901-02-18

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¶1Equity Pleading— Striking Out Plea for Insufficiency.

¶2A motion to strike a plea from the files for alleged insufficiency denied.

¶3In Equity.

¶4On motion to strike plea from the files.

¶5Edwin H. Brown, for complainant.

¶6Fraley & Paul, for respondent.

¶7DALLAS, Circuit Judge.

¶8I am not prepared to say that the sufficiency of a plea to a bill in equity may not in any case be determined upon .a motion such as is now presented; but I have not been persuaded that it should be done in the present instance, and therefore the complainant’s motion to strike plea from the files is denied, without prejudice;