Tishkevich v. Connecticut Light and Power Co.

Full title: MICHAEL TISHKEVICH ET UX. vs. CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER CO

Court: Superior Court New Haven County

Date published: Dec 9, 1940

9 Conn. Supp. 6 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1940)

Opinion

File No. 59749

The purpose of a motion for more specific statement is to enable the moving party to obtain a fuller and more particular statement of the ground of claim or defense, in order that he may intelligently plead and prepare his case for trial. The motion is never appropriate where the information sought to be obtained is purely evidential. The power to grant a motion for more specific statement is largely discretionary and is to be exercised with caution and never for unsubstantial reasons.

MEMORANDUM FILED DECEMBER 9, 1940.

Robert J. Woodruff, of New Haven, for the Plaintiffs.

Carmody, Larkin Torrance, of Waterbury, for the Defendant.

Memorandum of decision on motion for more specific statement.

MUNGER, J.

The purpose of a motion of this kind is to enable the party to intelligently plead and prepare his case for trial. It seeks to put him in possession of sufficient information to properly try his case. It is never appropriate where the information sought to be obtained is purely evidential.