Patten v. Daoud

A. Joseph Daoud, as plaintiff, brought an action against petitioners as defendants to recover damages for civil conspiracy. The defendants individually and as representatives of certain associations moved to strike, for a better bill of particulars and demurred to the declaration. The motions were denied and the demurrers were overruled. Petitioners seek a review of these orders by certiorari.

At the threshold we are at face with the question of whether or not an order of the circuit court overruling a demurrer to a declaration in a common law action can be reviewed by certiorari.

There is no…