L. J. Alford Lumber Co. v. Ragland

Mississippi Supreme Court
L. J. Alford Lumber Co. v. Ragland, 106 Miss. 51 (Miss. 1913)
63 So. 338
Reed

L. J. Alford Lumber Co. v. Ragland

Opinion of the Court

Reed, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The demurrer filed by appellee to the declaration in this case was sustained by the chancellor. The demurrer should not have been sustained. The causes assigned in *53the demurrer related to only a part of the declaration. If a demurrer is not a defense to the whole declaration to which it is applied, it should be overruled. Board of Education v. Railroad Co., 71 Miss. 500, 14 South. 445; Cummings v. Daugherty, 73 Miss. 405, 18 South. 657; Washington v. Soria, 73 Miss. 665, 19 South. 485, 55 Am. St. Rep. 555.

Reversed and remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
L. J. Alford Lumber Company v. D. L. Ragland
Cited By
14 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Pleading. Demurrer to declaration. If a demurrer is not a defense to the whole declaration to which it is applied, it should he overruled.