Bemis v. Waters

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. W. C. Cothran, Acting Associate Justice.

After this case was tried in the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County, resulting in a mistrial, the defendant interposed a demurrer to the complaint upon the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was overruled by Honorable W. H. Townsend, Circuit Judge; no reasons being given for his order. Prom the order overruling the demurrer, the defendant appealed to this Court.

The complaint alleged that Mrs. Irene J. Austin, the mother of the plaintiffs and of…