Irwin v. Jackson
Irwin v. Jackson
Opinion of the Court
Appellant sued' appellee, alleging in substance that he was the owner of a certain town lot, situated in Wichita county, and in the town of Newton, said lot being particularly described in the petition. He further alleges that on Sunday, November 16th, the defendant entered upon and commenced the erection of a house on said lot, after being duly notified of plaintiff’s ownership, and without the consent of plaintiff; that plaintiff remonstrated with defendant and endeavored to keep him off of said land, but, despite plaintiff’s remonstrance, defendant continued to erect said building; that if defendant is allowed to construct the building on said lot plaintiff will be irreparably damaged. He prays for an injunction restraining defendant from further interfering with the possession of his property, and for all general relief either in law or equity. The defendant, by first amended original answer, after a general demurrer and a general denial, alleged in substance that he was the holder of a surface lease on the property described in the petition, having acquired said lease by assignment from one J. R. Davidson; that upon the date alleged by plaintiff he began the erection of a building upon the lot, to be used by him as a feed store; that before the completion of the building the plaintiff procured a writ of injunction to be issued against him, restraining him from further going upon the premises or completing his building; that by said injunction he was deprived of profits which would have been derived from the conduct of his business, to the extent of $75 per day; that defendant’s lease expired January 1, 1920, and that his store was closed by the act of plaintiff, a total of 44 days, wherefore his damages have accrued to the extent of $3,300; that on the morning of December 7, 1919, the house on the said premises was consumed by fire, with its entire contents, and that, because of the injunction, defendant was unable to enter upon the premises and remove his property therefrom; that the property so destroyed by fire consisted of one galvanized iron building, 29x40 feet, carpenters’ tools, harness, a set of wagon doubletrees, and other articles described in an exhibit made to the pleading, wherefore he is further damaged in the sum of $2,309.25. A trial, resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant upon its cross-action, in the sum of $2,830.75.
“Because the court erred in overruling, and not sustaining, plaintiff’s general and special demurrers filed herein on June 3, 1920.”
No statement, as required by Court of Civil Appeals rule No. 31 (142 S. W. xiii) follows this assignment, and ’appellant makes no reference to the record where the exceptions may be found. We have, however, found what is termed “Plaintiff’s first amended petition and answer to defendant’s cross-action,” which contains the following:
“Plaintiff demurs generally to defendant’s allegations for damages, and says that the same is insufficient in law upon which to base a cause of action, and of this he prays the judgment of the court.”
This is followed by special exceptions to three certain paragraphs of the answer. The exception quoted above is not a general exception to the entire pleading, but, at most, it is a general exception to only one part of the answer. If it be admitted that this could be styled a general demurrer to the petition, the assignment cannot be considered, for the reason that the record fails to show that any of appellant’s exceptions were ever presented to the court, or any ruling made thereon. Cotton v. Cooper, 160 S. W. 602. The assignment cannot be considered for the further reason that it is too general, and attempts to call into question the court’s action upon general and special exceptions.
The seventh, and last, assignment presents the same contention, and is followed by no statement.
We think the issues have properly been disposed of, and a correct judgment rendered in the case.
The judgment, therefore, is affirmed.
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