Henderson v. Howard

To a petition brought in an action of complaint for land the defendants filed an answer and an amendment. To the amended answer the plaintiff urged general and special demurrers, which the court, after argument, sustained; and it is recited in the bill of exceptions that the court thereupon passed an order “striking and dismissing the answer and amended answer of the defendants, to which ruling the defendants except and assign as error.” The bill of exceptions then recites that a jury was empaneled and sworn in the case, and, after evidence submitted, returned a verdict for the plaintiff,…