Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Finley

FOSTER, Justice.

Defendants appeal from a decree overruling demurrers to a bill in equity. The bill was filed April 11, 1931. The demurrer was filed May 1, 1931, It was submitted for decree on the demurrer May 9, 1945, and decree was rendered July 19, 1945. The appeal was taken August 10, 1945, citation was perfected November 19, 1946, The transcript was filed August 20, 1947, and it was submitted January 20, 1948. None of the present lawyers were in the case at the outset.

There is much prolixity and surplusage in the bill. It is difficult to analyze it so as to try to find out what, if any,…