Lee v. St. Joe Paper Co.

METZNER, District Judge.

This is an action in quantum meruit to recover the reasonable value of services alleged to have been furnished -by plaintiff in arranging the defendant’s acquisition of an interest in or control of a company known as National Board and Paper Mills, Ltd. Plaintiff has moved pursuant to Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. to strike defendant’s affirmative defense alleging the statute of frauds, and the affirmative defense alleging that plaintiff has failed to claim that “there are any monies due or owing from defendant to plaintiff.”

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