Huse v. Moore

California Supreme Court
Huse v. Moore, 20 Cal. 115 (Cal. 1862)
Field, Norton

Huse v. Moore

Opinion of the Court

Field, C. J. delivered the opinion of the Court—Norton, J. concurring.

It does not appear from the record that any disposition was ever made by the Court of the demurrer interposed to the defendant’s answer. Nor does it appear that there was any consent of the parties to proceed to the trial of the cause, from which an abandonment of the demurrer might be inferred. The record merely shows a complaint, an answer, a demurrer to the answer, and an order of the Court upon motion of the plaintiff, directing judgment in his favor for the amount claimed. The record should disclose the disposition made of the demurrer by the Court, or the abandonment of the demurrer, or proceedings from which an abandonment may be inferred, and if the cause was tried before a jury, their verdict, or if by the Court, its findings. The case arose before the Act of May 20th, 1861, regulating appeals, took effect. (Laws of 1861, chap. 522, sec. 1.)

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
HUSE v. MOORE
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2 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Where a demurrer is filed to the defendant’s answer, it is irregular for plaintiff to take judgment before some disposition is made of the demurrer. And where the record on appeal discloses this state of facts, and nothing more from which an abandonment of the demurrer can be inferred, the judgment will be reversed.