HOLLINGSWORTH v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION


135 A.2d 724 (1957)

Howard J. HOLLINGSWORTH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. The CHRYSLER CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

July 19, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Tyler Coulson and Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff.

William Prickett, Wilmington, for defendant.


CHRISTIE, Judge.

On the last day for the filing of an answer to the complaint, defendant filed a motion to strike the complaint "for the reason that it violates Rule 8(a) and is argumentative." No answer has been filed, and plaintiff seeks a default judgment on the basis that Rule 12(a), Del.C.Ann. requires that an answer be filed within 20 days except where a motion permitted under Rule 12 alters the 20-day period.

Plaintiff contends that defendant's motion...

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