Scott v. Stetler
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom the Kosciusko Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The contention of appellees’ counsel that *386an error in overruling a demurrer to an insufficient paragraph of answer is harmless in a case where there are other and more comprehensive paragraphs of answer, can not prevail. Counsel confuse a ruling holding a good paragraph bad with a ruling holding a bad paragraph good, and are thus led into a radical error, for there is a clear and important difference between the two classes of cases. It may not prejudice a defendant to sustain a demurrer to one paragraph of an answer, where there are others of similar character; but it does prejudice a…
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