Scott v. City of Venice

The appellant, plaintiff in the court below, filed a bill of complaint against the defendant, appellee here, for the specific performance of an alleged contract on the part of the City to sell and convey to the plaintiff a certain parcel of land. The defendant filed an answer which had attached thereto as Exhibit B a certified copy of the minutes of several meetings of the City Council, consisting in all of fifty-eight pages. The plaintiff interposed a motion to strike each and every paragraph of the answer and also a motion to strike Exhibit B. The court made an order denying both of said…