Stoughton v. Lewis
Stoughton v. Lewis
Opinion of the Court
This was an action to foreclose a mortgage and a complaint containing all the requisite allegations, for such an action was served upon the defendant Lewis. Thereafter he ■obtained a stipulation from plaintiff’s attorney for further time to answer, agreeing at the same time that he would not put in any answer and would not ask or apply to the court for any further extension of time. On the last day given by the stipulation the attorney for Lewis served a demurrer to the complaint, alleging as the ground of demurrer that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and thereafter the attorney for the plaintiff made a motion at special term to overrule and strike out the demurrer ■on the ground that it was frivolous and served in violation of the stipulation, and an order was made by the court overruling it and setting it aside, on the ground that the defendant Lewis was precluded by the stipulation from demurring or answering. After' that the plaintiff proceeded as if no demurrer or answer had been interposed and obtained his judgment of foreclosure by default. The defendant Lewis then appealed from that judgment to the general term, where
The motion should, therefore, be granted, with costs.
All concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Mary E. Stoughton, and agt. Samuel A. Lewis, impleaded, &c , and
- Status
- Published