Talbott v. Barber

The appellee filed a claim against the estate of appellant’s decedent. The statement of the claim consisted of a complaint in one paragraph, to which a demurrer was filed and overruled. The appellant then filed an answer in five paragraphs, the first being a general denial, and the others pleas of the statute of limitations of six, ten and fifteen years, respectively, excepting the fifth paragraph, which was an answer of res adjudicata. Demurrers were -sustained to all the affirmative answers but the fourth paragraph, and proper exceptions were reserved to all the adverse rulings, by the…