Case Name: The Belsena Coal Mining Co., Appellant, v. The Liberty Dredging Co., Respondent
Court: New York City Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1899-01
Citations: 26 Misc. 846
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Belsena Coal Mining Co., Appellant, v. The Liberty Dredging Co., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 846–846

Head Matter:
The Belsena Coal Mining Co., Appellant, v. The Liberty Dredging Co., Respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Special Term denying plaintiff’s motion to strike out the amended answer as sham, and for other relief.
Gould & Wilkie (John L. Wilkie and H. Winslow Thayer, of counsel), for appellant.
Charles Goldzier, for respondent.

Opinion:
O'Dwyer, J.
The motion was properly denied. The first paragraph of the defendant's amended answer contains a good general denial of the allegations contained in the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of the plaintiff's complaint, i. e., the sale, delivery and promise to pay.
The second defense is good if sustained by proof, and, inasmuch as the plaintiff's allegations are in issue upon the denial thereof, should not be disposed of upon affidavits.
The plaintiff has been guilty of laches. The motion to strike out the answer was made five months after the service of the answer, and after a reply and notice of trial had been served.
Order affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements.
Oloott, J., concurs.
Order affirmed, with $10 costs.