Case Name: THE CITY OF CAMDEN v. PETER GREENWALD ET AL.
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1901-03-29
Citations: 66 N.J.L. 186
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE CITY OF CAMDEN v. PETER GREENWALD ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 186–187

Head Matter:
THE CITY OF CAMDEN v. PETER GREENWALD ET AL.
Argued February Term, 1901
Decided March 29, 1901.
Where a plea filed after a demurrer interposed to the declaration has been overruled, and which raises one of the questions alleged as a ground of demurrer, and determined against the defendant, it should be stricken out.
On contract. On notice to strike out pleas.
Before Justices Gummere and Fort.
For the plaintiff, Edward C. C. Bleakly.
For the defendant, John J. Crandall.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
• This is a motion to strike out the third and fourth pleas filed by the defendant. These pleas were filed by leave of the court after a demurrer interposed by the defendant to the plaintiff's declaration had been overruled. Camden v. Greenwald, 36 Vroom 458.
On the argument the defendant's counsel admitted that the fourth plea, which is the general issue, should be stricken out, as a like plea is already upon the record, and the one now in question is unnecessary.
The third plea must also be stricken out. It tenders no. issue of fact. It is, in effect, a second demurrer. It raises one of the questions alleged as a ground for demurrer, and which was determined against the defendant in the case above cited. The question of law raised by the third plea (for that is what it practically is) has been settled against the defendant by two decisions in this court and one in the Court of.Errors. Miller v. Camden, 35 Vroom 722; Camden v. Greenwald, supra; Miller v. Camden, 35 Vroom 201.
The plea tends to hinder and delay a trial of the issue.
A rule may be entered striking out both pleas, with costs.