MacGinniss v. Amalgamated Copper Co.

The defendant, the Amalgamated Copper Company, demurs to the complaint upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against said company; also upon the further ground that causes of action have been improperly joined. The defendants’ counsel contends that the complaint does not state a cause of action under section 1780 of the Code of Civil Procedure. That section does not relate to a cause of action, but merely to the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the action. Unless it appears on the face of the complaint that the action is one…