Legal Opinion

Weber v. Lewis

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 9, 1910PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from LaMoure County Court; Baker, J. Action by Frank Weber against W. J. Lewis. From an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appeals. Essential facts must be stated in unequivocal language, not left to be inferred. I Estee’s PI.

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Appeal from LaMoure County Court; Baker, J. Action by Frank Weber against W. J. Lewis. From an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appeals. Essential facts must be stated in unequivocal language, not left to be inferred. I Estee’s PI. (4th Ed.) 166; Moore v. Besse, 30 Cal. 570; Hicks v. Murray, 43 Cal. 532; Elwood v. Gardner, 45 N. Y. 349; First National Bank v. Laughlin, 4 N. D. 391, 61 N. W. 473; Jasper v- Hazen, 2 N. D. 401, 51 N. W. 583; I Estee’s PL (4th Ed.) 218; Green v. Palmer, 15 Cal. 412; Northern Railway Co. v. Jordan, 87 Cal. 322; Cordier v. Schloss, 12 Cal.…

1Opinion of the CourtFisk, J.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint, and the sole question presented is the correctness of such ruling.

The complaint, omitting formal parts, is as follows: “The plaintiff complains and alleges: (1) That on the 14th day of October, A. D. 1904, the above-named plaintiff and defendant made and entered into a written contract, an agreement in writing, wherein and whereby this plaintiff rented from the above-named defendant the northwest quarter of section twelve (12) in township one hundred thirty-five (135) north of range sixty-two (62) west of the Fifth…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Morse v. GilmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Union Street Railway Co. v. StoneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
  3. South Milwaukee Co. v. MurphyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Lambe v. McCormickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  5. City of Santa Barbara v. EldredCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Insurance v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1941
  2. McGurren v. City of FargoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Northern Trust Co. v. First National BankNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
  4. City of Lamoure v. LasellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Minder & Jorgenson Land Co. v. BrustuenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910

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