1 F.R.D. 769 | D.N.J. | 1941
The defendants move for more definite statements or for bills of particulars.
In ruling upon the motions so selected, we remember the purpose of pleading under the new rules, is to give notice of what an adverse party may expect to meet,
A motion for a more definite statement or for a bill of particulars is not intended to obtain fact details, but, to enable a party to prepare his responsive pleading. The disjunctive statement, “or to prepare for trial” has received a very restricted interpretation.
The motion of the defendant, Vitagraph, Inc., for an order directing the plaintiff to furnish a more definite statement or a bill of particulars is denied.
The motion of the defendants, Cocalis Amusement Co., a corporation, Cocalis Enterprises, Inc., a corporation, William A. Scully, James J. Thompson, and Evangelos Hardaloupas, Individually and as Executors and Trustees under the last will and testament of Soteris D. Cocalis, deceased, and Monroe E. Stein,.is granted as to the following:
1. As to the allegation of Paragraph 16:
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Rule 12(e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Title 28 U.S.C.A., following Section 723c.
Page 45 of Stenographer’s Minutes.
Rule 8, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following Section 723c.
A bill of particulars becomes a part of the pleading it supplements. Rule 12(e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Title 28 U.S.C.A. following Section 723c.
E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. Dupont Textile Mills, Inc., D.C.M.D.Pa., 26 F.Supp. 236; Fried v. Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp., et al., D.C.E.D.Pa., 26 F.Supp. 603; Brinley v. Lewis, D.C.M.D.Pa., 27 F.Supp. 313; Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Harrisburg Trust Co., D.C.M.D.Pa., 27 F.Supp. 987; Pearson v. Hersbey Creamery Co., D.C.M.D.Pa., 30 F.Supp. 82.
The following cases were taken from Bulletins issued by the Attorney General’s Office: Gum, Inc., v. Gumakers of America, Inc., D.C.E.D.Pa., 1 F.R.D. 586; Philadelphia Retail Jewelers Ass’n et al. v. L. & C. Mayers Company, Inc., D.C.E.D.Pa., 1 F.R.D. 606; Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper Company v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. et al., D.C.,W.D.Pa., 1 F.R.D. 647; Philip B. Fleming v. Gitlin Bros. & Rush, Inc., D.C.E.D.Pa., 1 F.R.D. 608; Bakelite Corp. et al. v. The Lubri-Zol Development Corp., D.C.Del., 36 F.Supp. 105; Gallagher & Burton, Inc. v. Schenley Distributors, Inc., et al., D.C.E.D.Pa., 1 F.R.D. 439; Alex Lasicki v.
Rules 26 to 37, inclusive, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Title 28 U.S.C.A., following Section 723c. Montgomery’s Manual of Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure.
Proceedings, Institutes American Bar Association, Washington and New York, 1938, pp. 232, 242.