HAMMOND SCREW MACHINERY CO. LTD. v. Sullivan

MEMORANDUM

LEIGHTON, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to strike and dismiss defendant’s counterclaim and its fourth affirmative defense. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

I

The suit is an action to collect an indebtedness, brought in the name of Hammond Screw Machinery Limited by its receiver, duly appointed pursuant to English law. Hammond is an English corporation with its principal place of business in Birmingham, England. On or about September 13, 1971, it entered into a debenture agreement with Barclays Bank Limited, an English financial…