Supreme Court of Iowa, 1874

Hynes v. S. A. & D. R'y Co.

Hynes v. S. A. & D. R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa · Decided April 27, 1874 · Day
38 Iowa 258

Hynes v. S. A. & D. R'y Co.

Opinion of the Court

Day, J.

— The motion to dismiss was properly overruled. The matters which it contains should have been set up in a supplemental answer in abatement. Eevision, §§ 2942 and 2968; 1 Chitty on Pleading, 657-8 marginal.

The plaintiff has a right to disprove the agreement to submit, or to show that it was procured by fraud. In either case the defense alleged would not be sustained.

The matter alleged is purely defensive, as much so as payment, release, or a former adjudication of the same matter. *260There is no principle which authorizes its determination upon a mere motion. Causes are tried upon issues joined.

Eor this reason the action of the court was right.

Affirmed.

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