Mechanics National Bank v. H. C. Burnet Manufacturing Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On motion by the complainants to suppress the answer of the defendant corporation, and, also, on an application by the defendant Squier for leave to file an amended answer.
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice-Chancellor.
This is a motion to suppress an answer. The suit is-against two defendants, the H. C. Burnet Manufacturing Company and William S. Squier. The corporation has put in an answer under its seal and duly verified the seal. This is the usual method of authenticating an answer by a corporation. No objection is made to. the form of the authentication. The objection goes much deeper. The complainants dispute the power and capacity of the persons who procured the answer to be filed, to act for the corporation; in other words, they deny that the answer is the answer of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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