Stein v. Rainey

As to the nature of this action we will let the petition speak for itself. The prefatory part of that pleading is taken up with descriptions of the resort owned by defendant Webb, known as the “Edgewood Chicken Dinner Farm,” and of the events alleged to have occurred there prior to the one on which the action is based — all of which may be regarded as matters of inducement, or else as pure surplusage. The remainder of the pleading is as follows:

“That upon entering said building at said time, the said Walter L. Rainey commanded everyone in said room to stand up and hold their hands up; that…