Coughran v. City of Huron

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, disconnecting and excluding a quarter section of land belonging to him from the defendant city. There being no bill of exceptions, the only questions to be considered are those presented by the judgment roll. A demurrer was interposed to the petition filed by the plaintiff upon the grounds: (1) That the court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action; (2) that the petition did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; and (3) that the defendant, operating under a special charter, was not affected by…