Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Goldberg

Connecticut Superior Court

Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Goldberg

8 Conn. Super. Ct. 354, 8 Conn. Supp. 354, 1940 Conn. Super. LEXIS 124

CourtConnecticut Superior Court

DecidedJune 5, 1940

DocketFile 55413

StatusPublished

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Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Goldberg, 8 Conn. Super. Ct. 354, 8 Conn. Supp. 354, 1940 Conn. Super. LEXIS 124 (Colo. Ct. App. 1940).

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CORNELL, J.

The special defense, in reality, pleads four-defenses. In order that a demurrer addressed to it may be sus' tainable to the entire defense, it is necessary, of course, that it reach all of the defenses which it contains. That on file does not purport to do this, since nothing in it purports, nor could’ it accomplish a destruction of that pleaded in paragraph 4 which is merely a denial of liability.

It was available to the plaintiff to have demurred to each-paragraph of the special defense which purports to state a. separate defense or any number of paragraphs which taken to' gether do so (Practice Book [1934] §97), and in this way to-have eliminated any of such defenses which might be vulnerable to such a pleading.

As the demurrer on file, however, is addressed to the entire-special defense and cannot possibly reach the denial in para' graph 4 which — improperly or not — is a part of the defense, it necessarily follows that if granted it would be impotent to-destroy that pleading in its entirety, which latter is its objective..

It must in consequence, be, and it is overruled.

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CORNELL, J.

The special defense, in reality, pleads four-defenses. In order that a demurrer addressed to it may be sus' tainable to the entire defense, it is necessary, of course, that it reach all of the defenses which it contains. That on file does not purport to do this, since nothing in it purports, nor could’ it accomplish a destruction of that pleaded in paragraph 4 which is merely a denial of liability.

It was available to the plaintiff to have demurred to each-paragraph of the special defense which purports to state a. separate defense or any number of paragraphs which taken to' gether do so (Practice Book [1934] §97), and in this way to-have eliminated any of such defenses which might be vulnerable to such a pleading.

As the demurrer on file, however, is addressed to the entire-special defense and cannot possibly reach the denial in para' graph 4 which — improperly or not — is a part of the defense, it necessarily follows that if granted it would be impotent to-destroy that pleading in its entirety, which latter is its objective..

It must in consequence, be, and it is overruled.

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8 Conn. Super. Ct. 354, 8 Conn. Supp. 354, 1940 Conn. Super. LEXIS 124, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/reconstruction-finance-corp-v-goldberg-connsuperct-1940.