Russell v. Koennecke
Russell v. Koennecke
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff in error sought a partition of 150 acres of land, “more or' less out of survey 27 in the name of Matilda Rivers” in Gillespie county. A general demurrer to the petition’ was sustained, and, as recited in the judgment, “plaintiff refusing to amend, it was further ordered and adjudged that this case be and is dismissed.” No notice of appeal from the judgment was given by plaintiff. On the day after the judgment was rendered, plaintiff filed a paper denominated “Trial Amendment.” The record fails to show that the pleading was filed by leave of the court or was ever brought to its notice, and plaintiff filed another paper as follows:
“Pl’ff, having filed a trial amendment, refuses to further amend and the cause is dismissed, to which Pl’ff excepts and gives notice of appeal on the ground that the petition is a good one and the demurrer was not called to the attention of the court at the first term when the business of the court did not interfere.”
The court granted leave, on the day the judgment was rendered, to plaintiff to file a supplemental petition, which was done. The supplemental petition merely contained denials of allegations in the answer.
This is the second time this cause has been before this court. There was an attempt to give this court jurisdiction by appeal, but, no notice of appeal having been given, the cause was dismissed. Russell v. Koennecke, 190 S. W. 253.
“Pl’ff says that he and defendant are equal owners of S8-acres of this land which Silas Russell bought of W. Oehler Aug. 22,1881, conveyed by deed recorded in Deed Book P, page 304, and the balance of the farm and pasture being 62 acres belong to the plaintiff in fee simple.”
It may he inferred from these allegations that plaintiff is claiming to own in his own *1112 right 6% acres of the 150 acres of land, and that he desires to have partition of only 88 acres of the land which was sold hy Oehler to Silas Russell. Under the petition the court could have partitioned only the 88 acres of land, because it is described so as to segregate it from the larger tract. If plaintiff sought to partition 150 acres, as might appear from the first paragraph of the petition, and then in a succeeding paragraph sought to partition only S8 acres, there might be such evident conflict as to destroy the cause of action, but if, as may be presumed, he merely desired in the first paragraph to state that there were 150 acres in the whole tract, and in the second sought to set out the respective shares of the parties in the tract, the petition will not be considered subject to general demurrer.
The court erred in sustaining the general demurrer, and the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.
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