Legal Opinion
Pierrepont v. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 21, 1929No. 4483PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
This case comes before the court upon motions (a) to strike out specific portions of the answers filed by the defendants, and (b) to strike out the entire answers, and for judgment pro confesso. The purpose is to test the legal sufficiency of the answers, and the method adopted is proper. National Ass’n of Certified Public Accountants v. United States, 53 App. D. C. 391, 292 F. 668.
The material facts as pleaded in the bill and admitted by the answers are as follows: The will of Charles Chauncey left the residue of his estate in trust for His wife for life, with…
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- Gibbons v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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- Bucher v. Cheshire RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Douglass v. Thurston CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936