Beacon Folding Mach. Co. v. Rotary Mach. Co.

BREWSTER, District Judge.

The above-entitled cause is before me on plaintiff’s motion for a further and better statement of the matters stated in the defendants’ answer, and squarely presents this question: How far

may a court go, under equity rule 20, in requiring the defendant to more definitely and particularly set forth the matters upon which he will rely as a defense to plaintiff’s bill of complaint?

It would seem desirable and feasible to lay down one or two cardinal principles to govern the court in disposing of motions of this character in patent suits. These, of course, would have…