New York Supreme Court, 1850

Kellogg v. Church

Kellogg v. Church
New York Supreme Court · Decided June 10, 1850 · Cady
4 How. Pr. 339; 1850 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 6

Counsel

B. F. Chapman, for plaintiff,, D. D. Walrath, contra.

Kellogg v. Church

Opinion of the Court

Cady, Justice.

'—I think such an answer will do. It would be intolerable to require specific denials of an entire complaint in other terms. I will not aid in establishing the intricate and voluminous system of pleading under the code, which seems to be growing up in practice. I cannot believe that it was the design of the code-mákers; and, until my position is overruled by the Supreme Court, in bench, I shall hold such a denial as this good.

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