United States v. Long

DELEHANT, District Judge.

The plaintiff has moved to strike from the files, for its asserted disregard of Rule 8(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., the answer of the defendant, which is a general denial made in a single sentence.

The material portion of Rule 8(b) follows : “A party shall state in short and plain terms his defenses to each claim asserted and shall admit or deny the aver-ments upon which the adverse party relies. * * * When a pleader intends in good faith to deny only a part or a qualification of an averment, he shall specify so much of it as is true and material…