Perkins v. De Witt

Plaintiff has moved to strike four complete defenses and one partial defense upon the ground that it appears on the face of each that they are insuEcient in law.

The gravamen of the complaint is that defendant obtained certain certificates for shares of stock in Benguet Consolidated Mining Company (hereafter called Benguet) which belonged to plaintiff, and that he has received stock and cash dividends upon the shares.

The first defense alleges, at some length, the history of certain litigation between plaintiff and her husband concerning the ownership of shares of stock of Benguet. In summary,…