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Moot v. Bailey

99 N.Y.S. 1142 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1906-05-09 English

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MOOT et al., Respondents, v. BAILEY, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
May 9, 1906.)

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Action by Adelbert Moot and others against Harlow W. Bailey.

Order reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion denied, •with $10 costs. Held, that the denial set forth in the fourth paragraph of the answer, being a necessary part of the affirmative defense therein alleged, should not have been stricken out. See Douglass v. Phoenix Ins. Co., 138 N. Y. 209 , 33 N. E. 938 , 20 L. R. A. 118 , 34 Am. St. Rep. 448 .

SPRING and KRUSE, JJ., dissent.

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