This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
The defense that the plaintiff is an alien enemy must be pleaded in order to induce the court to take action thereon.1 The plea that the plaintiff is an alien enemy is "an odious plea,"2 and it must negative "every presumption that could arise in favor of plaintiff's right to sue."3
 
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