Shepherd v. Baer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court (Sharp, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This is an action for libel. The Court below rendered judgment for the defendant on demurrer to the narr. and the plaintiff appealed.
It may be proper, in view of what was said at the argument, to state briefly the question that is before us, under the demurrer. In this, as in all other cases, a demurrer admits all facts, that are well pleaded. “Its office is to assert a legal proposition, that the pleading demurred to, is insufficient in law, to maintain the case shown by the adverse party. ” Brook v. Widdicombe, 39 Md. 401.
The gravamen of the declaration in this case is that the defendant…
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