Holiday v. State

The District Attorney General demurred to Holiday’s post-conviction petition “on the ground that the allegations contained in such Petition are insufficient as a matter of law to support the relief prayed for.”

It is fundamental that a demurrer admits all well-pleaded facts and all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. Couch v. Hall, 219 Tenn. 616, 412 S.W.2d 635; Neese v. Brown, 218 Tenn. 686, 405 S.W.2d 577; Snow v. Adamson, 215 Tenn. 341, 385 S.W.2d 759; Cash & Carry Lumber Company, Inc. v. Olgiati, 215 Tenn. 287, 385 S.W.2d 115; Scott v. Travelers Indemnity Company, 215 Tenn. 173,…