Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1880

Lyle v. Harris

Lyle v. Harris
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided June 9, 1880 · White
1 White & W. 31

Lyle v. Harris

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§71. General demurrer; legal effect of . The legal effect of a general demurrer is to admit the facts pleaded to be true, but to deny that they constitute a cause of action or ground of defense. [Zacharie v. Bryan, 2 Tex. 274.] And the only question which will be considered under it is whether any cause of action or ground of defense is disclosed in the pleading demurred to. [Warner v. Bailey, 7 Tex. 517.] If sufficient be stated in the pleading demurred to, to enable the court to see that a good cause of action or ground of defense exists, however defectively stated, a general demurrer will not be sustained. [Williams v. Warnell, 28 Tex. 611; Edgar v. Galveston, 46 Tex. 421.]

Eeversed and remanded.

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