Legal Opinion
PH II, INC. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 11, 1995No. A068098PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.
Petitioner PH II, Inc., seeks a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to set aside its order sustaining a demurrer to portions of two causes of action. We do not reach the merits but resolve this matter on a procedural issue after supplemental briefing by the parties. We affirm the rule that a party may not demur to a portion of a cause of action (Grieves v. Superior Court (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 159, 163 [203 Cal.Rptr. 556] (Grieves)), but suggest that in appropriate circumstances a substantive defect which appears on the face of a complaint, but involves only a…
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