Crumb v. Lintern

Plaintiff has moved to strike certain language from defendant’s answer, and defendant has moved for a jury trial of the issue of fraud, deceit and duress. The action is for specific performance of a contract wherein defendant has agreed to sell and plaintiff agreed to buy the residence property of defendant.

Plaintiff’s motion to strike is granted with respect to the following language in the answer: in paragraph No. 1, “ with her daughter who is a cripple. That she inherited the same from her brother who built the house in about the year 1925.”; and in the defense numbered “ III ”, part of…