Piper v. Strohn

Upon this appeal the defendants assert several grounds because of which they contend the court erred in ordering the counterclaims stricken. On the other hand, plaintiffs contend, in connection with other grounds on which they rely, that the court rightly ordered the counterclaims stricken because the affirmative relief sought on the counterclaims by the interpleaded defendant Plelen Strohn, in her capacity as executrix of the will of Francis Breckinridge, deceased, does not, as is expressly required by the provisions of sec. 263.15, Stats., “involve or in some manner affect the contract,…