Kirby v. Martindale
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Minnehaha county; Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by Joe Kirby against J. B. Martindale. Prom an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Corson, P, J.
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint. The demurrer was interposed on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The material parts of the complaint are as follows: “That the plaintiff is, and has been at all the times stated in the complaint, a duly licensed attorney and counselor at law, entitled to practice in all the courts of the state; that the plaintiff now is, and has been at all of the times stated, a lawyer of first-class standing professionally, and worth not less than…
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