New York Central Railroad v. Clark

This is an action of contract. The defendant filed four pleas by way of an answer. To these pleas severally the plaintiff demurred. The trial court overruled the demurrers, adjudged the defendant’s pleas sufficient, and, exceptions being taken, passed the cause to this Court before final judgment. The plaintiff seeks its remedy by an action of book account, using the brief and simple language of the time-honored form provided by statute, a form, which because of its brevity, simplicity and comprehensiveness, conforms both in letter and in spirit to the requirements of the Practice Act.…