Webster v. Major
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Putnam Circuit Court; P. O. Colliver, Judge. Suit by Ellery C. Webster and another against Sylvanus Major. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWiley, P. J.
Appellants, who were plaintiffs below, sued appellee upon a written contract, casting their complaint in one paragraph. The appellee answered in four paragraphs, to the second, third, and fourth of which a demurrer was overruled. Appellants replied in one paragraph. Trial by jury, and upon the completion of the evidence the appellee interposed a motion that the court instruct the jury to return a verdict in his favor. This motion was sustained. Appellants thereupon moved for a new trial, which motion was overruled. The errors assigned bring in review the overruling of the demurrer to the…
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