Blanton v. Chalmers

KOHESAAT, Circuit Judge.

This cause is now before the court on exception to the answer for impertinence. Inasmuch as the bill and answer are in the files, it was not proper practice for complainant to restate the same, and then by adding, “In all which particulars the plaintiff excepts to said answer of said defendant, William J. Chalm-ers, as impertinent, and he insists that said allegation ought to be expunged from said answer,” leaving the court the task of ascertaining just what is claimed by him. There are a number of matters set up by way of answer, and proper practice would require that…