Case Name: Falls against Stickney
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1808-11
Citations: 3 Johns. 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: Falls against Stickney.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 541–541

Head Matter:
Falls against Stickney.
NEW-YORK,
Nov. 1808.
where a plea is put in, which the plaintiff considera as frivolous, or a nullity, he may either enter a wantof a plea^ or demur, but to^the* court JUU£TUCUb
GRIFFEN, for the plaintiff,
moved for judgment by default, in this cause, on the ground, that the plea which , ,, . had been put in, was a nullity.
Foot, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plea is clearly bad, but it may have been put in,hona jide. If a plea is bad or frivolous, the plaintiff ought either to demur to it, or treat it as a nullity, and enter a default, without any application to the court, Had the plaintiff demurred, the defendant might have' obtained leave to amend. The present motion was unnecessary.
Rule refused.