Schueller v. Palm

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from judgment of dismissal based upon an order sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the complaint. The court’s memorandum indicates that the demurrer was sustained on two grounds:(1) That the complaint failed to state a cause of action, and(2) that plaintiff’s suit was barred under the statute of limitations.

August Palm died intestate on June 19, 1919, and on June 22, 1919, letters of special administration in his estate were issued to Leonard Eriksson, counsel for plaintiff herein, who duly qualified at that time. At the time of his death, decedent was a party…