Carpenter v. Edwards
Mississippi Supreme Court
Carpenter v. Edwards, 64 Miss. 595 (Miss. 1887)
Campbell
Carpenter v. Edwards
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
A denial upon information is a denial “ otherwise than by the general traverse,” and is sufficient to prevent facts averred in the bill from being taken at the hearing as admitted. It is true, as held in Toulme v. Clark, ante, p. 471, that an answer upon in
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Dora Carpenter v. M. B. Edwards
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- Syllabus
- 1. Chancery Practice. Answer on information. Effect of. A denial in an answer upon information is a denial “ otherwise than by the general traverse,” and is sufficient to prevent facts averred in the bill from being taken at the hearing as admitted. 2. Same. Answer upon information. Failure of complainant to take proof. And if in such case no proof be taken to maintain the bill, it must be dismissed.