City of New York Municipal Court, 1884

Spiegel v. Thompson

Spiegel v. Thompson
City of New York Municipal Court · Decided February 15, 1884 · McAdams
1 How. Pr. (n.s.) 129

Counsel

Nathan L. Ilahn, for plaintiffs., ¡ William P. Mulry, for defendant.

Spiegel v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court

McAdams, C. J.

An answer which “ denies each and every allegation not hereinafter specifically admitted controverted or denied ” uses a form of denial not authorized by the Code and no issue is created by it (Miller agt. McCloskey, 1 Civ. Pro. R., 252; S. C., 9 Abb. N C., 303; McEnroe agt. Decker, 58 How. Pr., 251; Hammond agt. Earle. 5 Abb. N. C., 106).

The sale and delivery of the goods by the plaintiffs having been admitted by a failure to properly deny the same {Code, sec. 522), it became immaterial whether the plaintiffs were partners or not, as a sale made by them jointly entitled them to a recovery independently of the question of partnership (Millard agt. Thorn, 56 N. Y., 402).

An inspection of the pleadings readily demonstrates that no injustice has been done.

Motion for a new trial denied.

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