New York Supreme Court February 15, 1897 (Flack v. O'Brien)

Gaynor, J.

An inspection of the proposed amended answer which the defendant asks leave to serve, leads me to deny the motion. The said proposed answer starts out by pleading admissions and denials of certain allegations of the complaint as a “ defense.” As strange as this may seem, it is not at all unusual. The science of pleading seems to be quite lost in this state.