 The answer of the defendant must contain: "1. A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief. "2. A statement of any new matter...  The New York Supplement - Page 2031913Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - Civil procedure - 1852 - 606 pages
...149. [128.] (Amended 1849, 1S51, 1852.) Answer, wTiat to contain. — The answer of the defendant must contain : 1. A general or specific denial of each...statement of any new matter constituting a defense or : 3unter claim, in ordinary and concise language without repetilon. Amendment» of section. This section... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 1026 pages
...denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any CHA* xt knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form...ordinary and concise language without repetition. Amended by Laws of 1852, ch. 419 ; 1852, ch. 392. 20 N. Y, 362; 18 NY, 123; 16 NY, 309; 12 NY, 17;... | |
 | New York (State), John Townshend - Civil procedure - 1870 - 896 pages
...stricken out. ? 149. (Am'd 1849, 1851, 1852.) Answer, what to Contain. The answer of the defendant must contain, — 1. A general or specific denial of each...ordinary and concise language, without repetition. 1. Answer. — The answer is not required to be entitled in the action. It should, however, show in... | |
 | Statutes - 1870 - 288 pages
...controverted hy the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof su11icient to form a helief. 2. A statement of any new matter constituting a defense...ordinary and concise language, without repetition, K \ l•o. The counterclaim mentioned in the last section mn-t he one existing in favor of a defendant.... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Adverse possession - 1870 - 982 pages
...or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief. His answer may also contain a statement of any new matter constituting a defense...ordinary and concise language, without repetition. (Code, § 148.) The ordinary principles of pleadings in other actions will apply to the action of ejectment.... | |
 | Civil procedure - 1870 - 378 pages
...allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, a specific denial thereof, or of any knowledge thereof sufficient to form a belief. 2. A statement of any new matter constituting a defense, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of... | |
 | New York (State), William Wait - Civil procedure - 1871 - 1034 pages
...§ 149. [128.] (Am'd, 1849, 1851, 1852.) Answer ; what to contain. The answer of the defendant must contain : 1. A general or specific denial of each...ordinary and concise language, without repetition. I. WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ANSWER. а. No defense. — Where, in an action against a telegraph company,... | |
 | Insurance law - 1871 - 764 pages
...knowledge or information »Decision rendered March 27th. thereof sufficient to form a belief. Second, a statement of any new matter constituting a defense...ordinary and concise language without repetition." (2 Wagner's St., p. 1015.) "Where new matter is relied upon in defense or in evidenee, it must be set... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1871 - 702 pages
...abrogated by the Code ? The Code declares, that the answer of the defendant must contain " a' staten tiit of any new matter constituting a defense or counterclaim...ordinary and concise language without repetition." Code, $ 149. A'ew matter constituting a defense is, that which admits the cause of action alleged in... | |
 | William Wait - Civil procedure - 1873 - 950 pages
...DEFENSE. Section 1. What may be denied. a. In general. The requisites of an answer under the Code are : (1) A general or specific denial of each material...ordinary and concise language, without repetition. Code, § 149. What may and may not be denied. But the authority to deny material allegations is not... | |
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