Davidson v. Penn-Virginia Coal & Coke Corp.

The defendant makes this motion to compel the plaintiff to accept its answer. The defendant is a foreign corporation. The answer was verified on its behalf by its vice-president. The verification contains this statement: “ That the sources of the deponent’s information and the grounds of his belief as to all matters not stated on his own knowledge are the books and records of said corporation.” The answer comprises both denials and affirmative allegations, set up in two separate defenses. All the affirmative allegations and most of the denials are made upon information and belief. As the…