Hoffmann v. Townsend

C. W. Hoffmann appeals to this court from a judgment of the district court of Creek county in favor of Marie Barnett Townsend. The action was tried to the court without a *336jury, and at the conclusion of Hoffmann’s evidence Townsend interposed a demurrer and at the same time announced that, irrespective of the court’s ruling on the demurrer, the trial was at an end since she had no evidence to offer. The court sustained the demurrer, and at a later stage of the proceedings stated. that it was intended that the ruling on the demurrer should constitute a judgment on the issues in favor of…