Case ID: johns-cas_1/html/0161-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

*Griswold against Haskins.
    
    If the defendant put in a frivolous demurrer, he cannot, afterwards, withdraw it, to plead the general issue though he has merits.
    Burr for the defendant,
    moved for leave to withdraw a demurrer, and plead issuably on an affidavit of merits, which, he did not know of at the time the demurrer was filed.'
    
      Riggs contra,
    objected that the demurrer was frivolous and put in merely for delay.
    
      
      а) S. C., C. C. 75.
    
   Per Curiam.

The demurrer on the face of it is frivolous, and appears to have been put in merely for delay. The defendant now applies for a favor, when his conduct entitles him to no more than the summum jus. The motion must be denied.

Rule refused. 
      
       In Miller v. Heath & Heath, 7 Cowen, 101, a party demurring in good faith, this being shown on affidavit, with merits, was permitted to withdraw his demurrer, and plead though the demurrer had been overruled as frivolous. It •was said in Patten v. Harris, 10 Wend. 623, that this court grant this permission with great reluctance. See 2 Gra. Prac. 2d edit. 759, 760.