Grimes v. City of Lexington

The case turns on the sufficiency of the defendant’s answer to withstand a motion for. judgment on the pleadings.

Firstly, it is contended that the disavowal of information sufficient to form a belief and the cautious denial “for the purposes as alleged by the plaintiff,” render the pleading ineffectual in law, Streator v. Streator, 145 N. C., 337, 59 S. E., 112, and thus entitle the plaintiff to judgment for want of an answer as a matter of right. Alford v. McCormac, 90 N. C., 151; Harkey v. Houston, 65 N. C., 137.

The position would doubtless he correct if all the material allegations of the…