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Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1943

Family Finance Corp. v. National Surety Corp.

Family Finance Corp. v. National Surety Corp.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 19, 1943
180 Misc. 496; 42 N.Y.S.2d 102; 1943 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1952

Counsel

Julius Winn for appellant., Samuel Wollan for respondent.

Family Finance Corp. v. National Surety Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Memorandum: Per Curiam.

A contingent or hypothetical pleading is improper. Such a pleading does not either deny or confess and avoid, as required by statute. (Stroock Plush Co. v. Talcott. 129 App. Div. 14.)

Order modified by granting1 plaintiff’s motion to strike out the first and second defenses in answer, with leave to serve an amended answer within five days after service of order entered hereon, and as modified affirmed, without costs.

Hammer, Shientag and Hecht, JJ., concur.

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