Ott v. Pace
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; Llew. L. Calla-way, Judge. Action by Sebastian Ott against Ike E. O. Pace and others. From a judgment sustaining a general and special demurrer to the amended complaint, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; Llew. L. Calla-way, Judge. Action by Sebastian Ott against Ike E. O. Pace and others. From a judgment sustaining a general and special demurrer to the amended complaint, plaintiff appeals. The ground of demurrer that the complaint is ambiguous, uncertain and unintelligible cannot be considered, unless all three of the defects appeared in the complaint; that is, that it is uncertain and ambiguous and unintelligible, and if one of these grounds is lacking, the demurrer must be overruled. (Kraner v. Hasley, 82 Cal. 209, 22 Pac. 1137; Wilhoit v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
This suit was brought to secure the cancellation of two certain contracts and the return of certain moneys paid under them. To the amended complaint a general and special demurrer was sustained, and plaintiff, electing to stand upon his pleading, suffered judgment to be entered against him, and has appealed to this court.
From the amended complaint we gather these facts: In August, 1907, defendants Pace and Woods owned and were in possession of some 634 acres of land near Whitehall, Montana, together with certain water rights and water ditches, also á leasehold interest in 160 acres of state…
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