Ledgerwood Manufacturing Co. v. Baird

The denial in the answer in this differs from the answer in Pratt M’f’g. Co. v. Jordan Iron Co. (5 Civ. Pro. R. 372), and is in form similar to the answer in Brotherton v. Downey (21 Hun, 436). The defendant having information sufficient to form a belief as to facts in the second paragraph of the complaint, but without personal knowledge of such facts, would be guilty of perjury under section 524 of the Code, if he either denied the allegation absolutely or alleged he had no knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief of their truth. The note to section 524 says that one of the…