Frick v. Hartford Life Insurance

Strictly speaking, the appeal presents only two questions: whether the motion to expunge was properly granted, and whether the issue of the jurisdiction of the Iowa court was raised by the deleted answer. Taking, first, the motion to expunge. The complaint does not exhibit by reference the complete record of the Iowa District Court, but only the decree dated June 24th, 1914, and the opinion of the Supreme Court on the appeal from the judgment overruling the demurrer, which is not a conclusive record, and therefore not the equivalent of a series of direct allegations stating fully the scope…