Anagnostis v. Alexandrou

Bell, Justice.

The plaintiff sued for the equitable relief of specific performance, based upon an alleged written contract. The defendant filed a general demurrer, urging several reasons why the petition should be dismissed as failing to state a cause of action; whereupon the court passed the following order: “The parties by their attorneys consenting, the grounds of the foregoing demurrer are sustained with the right for the plaintiff to amend his petition within ten days from this date, and in default of said amendment being filed this case is to stand dismissed.” Within the ten-day period,…