Kellogg v. Church
New York Supreme Court
'—Plaintiff complained for the wrongful taking and conversion of sundry articles of personal property, comprising a numerous list of small articles. Defendant answered as follows: “ Above named defendant answers to the complaint of plaintiff in the above entitled action, and denies each and every allegation alleged in plaintiff’'s complaint.”
1Opinion of the Court
Cady, Justice.
'—I think such an answer will do. It would be intolerable to require specific denials of an entire complaint in other terms. I will not aid in establishing the intricate and voluminous system of pleading under the code, which seems to be growing up in practice. I cannot believe that it was the design of the code-mákers; and, until my position is overruled by the Supreme Court, in bench, I shall hold such a denial as this good.
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