Case Name: Edward P. Barnett and Others, Plaintiffs, v. Euromerican Cellulose Products Corporation and Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-12-31
Citations: 135 Misc. 675
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward P. Barnett and Others, Plaintiffs, v. Euromerican Cellulose Products Corporation and Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 135
Pages: 675–676

Head Matter:
Edward P. Barnett and Others, Plaintiffs, v. Euromerican Cellulose Products Corporation and Others, Defendants.
Supreme Court, New York County,
December 31, 1929.
Harry T. Zucker, for the plaintiffs.
Gleason, McLanahan, Merritt & Ingraham [Walter Gordon Merritt of counsel], for moving defendants.

Opinion:
Mitchell, J.
Motion is denied. Motion to strike out portions of a pleading as irrelevant and redundant are addressed to the sound discretion of the court. They are not favored, especially in equity actions, and will be denied unless the court can clearly see that the allegations sought to be stricken out have no possible bearing upon the subject-matter of the litigation. (See Indelli v. Lesster, 130 App. Div. 548; Meyer v. Young, 49 id. 639.) The time of the moving defendants to answer or make any further motion with respect to the complaint is extended until ten days after the service of this order, with notice of entry.