Texeramics, Inc. v. United States

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This appeal from a judgment entered in a condemnation suit brings up for review another instance of court action which, taken for the purpose of expediting, has in fact delayed the final disposition of a law suit. Thus is proved again what needed no proving, that the longest way around is often the shortest way through.

The background against which the action taken below and complained of here must be viewed consists of: (1) a stipulation; 1 (2) an order 2 granting plaintiff’s motion 3 to strike portions of defendant-appellant’s answer and cross-action 4 and “to limit…