Case Name: Marsh v. Barney
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1833-06
Citations: 10 Wend. 539
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marsh v. Barney.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 539–539

Head Matter:
Marsh v. Barney.
A demurrer is not an issuable plea -within the meaning of the 21st general rule of this court.
The defendant put in a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaralion, but having omitted to obtain the signature of counsel to it, the plaintiff treated it as a nullity, entered the defendant’s default for not pleading, and noticed the cause for assessment; ¡on receiving which notice, the defendant’s attorney discovering his error, filed an affidavit of merits, tendered the costs of the default and a new demurrer signed by counsel, which the plaintiff’s attorney refused to receive, as not being an issuable plea, within the meaning of the rule as to opening defaults.
W. W. Frothingham, for defendant,
now moved to set aside the default with costs, insisting that the demurrer was an issuable plea; he cited Graham’s Pr. 143, and 1 Chitíy’s PI. 505.
,fl. Taber, contra.

Opinion:
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
A demurrer is an issuable plea according to the English practice, but it is not so within the meaning of the 21st general rule of this court. The defendant, however, is allowed to plead, and the costs of this motion must abide the event of the cause.