Walker v. Sheehan

Under the state of the record in this case, the first question presented is whether or not the court properly allowed the plaintiff to amend his petition in the first instance. The defendants demurred to the petition generally on the ground that it did not set forth a cause of action, and because no special damages were alleged; and after the plaintiffs amended, the defendants renewed this demurrer and objected to the allowance of the amendment on the ground among others that the petition did not contain enough to amend by.

All parties may, at any stage of the cause, as a matter of right,…