Edingbourgh v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. The Circuit Judge dismissed the petition because (1) he considered the grounds of the demurrer filed by the defendant to be well taken, and (2) because the demurrer was not set down for argument by petitioner as required by T.C.A. sec. 20-912. The petitioner has appealed and assigns error as to each of the reasons stated.

*662T.O.A. sec. 20-912 provides that “a demurrer stands for argument at the term at which it is filed”. Doane et al. v. Knoxville Inv. Corp., 159 Tenn. 76, 84, 16 S.W.2d 186, 188, construes sec. 20-912 to mean “the first term after the…