Brown v. Maplewood Cemetery Ass'n
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs from an order of the district court for Rock county, Cray, J., sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to plaintiffs’ complaint. This pleading was held insufficient by the court below upon the grounds that plaintiffs had no legal right to maintain the suit, and that it does not state a cause of action. We shall attempt to condense, the alleged grievances, of which plaintiffs complain at length, into as brief a statement as the essential questions involved will permit.
In 1886 three of the defendants, with three others not joined, incorporated, under G. S. 1878, c. 34, tit. 3 (G. S. 1894, §§ 2913-2929), in the name of the “Maplewood Cemetery Association…
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