John Church Co. v. Zimmermann

Citations

• 131 F. 652
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4944

Syllabus

<p>1. Federal Courts — Equity—Bill—Interrogatories—Failure to Answer-Exceptions.</p> <p>Where a bill in the federal courts for infringement of copyright prayed the usual discovery in an answer by the defendant both to the allegations and interrogatories, the waiver of an answer under oath did not entitle defendant to file an answer consisting of a mere general denial neither responding to the interrogatories nor stating “the circumstances of which the defendant intends to avail himself by way of defense,” as required by the federal equity rules; and an answer so filed was subject to exceptions.</p>