Caplen v. Sturge

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.(1)

The defendant, some 22 months after filing its answer, moved to join Pioneer Oil Company as third party defendant in this action. Leave was granted on September 18, 1963, and the third party complaint was served on September 30, 1963. On October 15, 1963, the third party filed its answer and demanded a jury trial, and on October 23, 1963, it sought and obtained leave to join Maryland Casualty Company as a fourth party defendant. The present motion was filed on November 22, 1963, nine days after the fourth party defendant had moved to vacate the order granting…