White v. Cox
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The plaintiff, who had been a member of the Howard StreetMethodistEpiscopal Church, in San Francisco, brought this action against the pastor and some of the members of that church. The Court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and the plaintiff failing to amend, judgment by default was rendered against him. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
We think the demurrer [to the complaint was properly sustained, on the ground that it attempts to unite several *170causes of action, without stating them separately. When stripped of its useless verbiage and repetitions, the substance of the averment is that the defendants conspired together to defame the plaintiff by preferring against him a false accusation, knowing it to be false, with the intent to cause him to be expelled from the church, and to destroy his reputation as a citizen and as a physician; that in pursuance of their design, they caused to be prepared…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Meyendorf v. FrohnerMontana Supreme Court · 1879
- Felt City Townsite Co. v. Felt Investment Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1917
- Cosgrove v. FiskCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891