Shult v. Doyle

Evans, J.-

-We have before us a very complicated record, in a case the facts of which are simple enough. The pleadings in the court below occupy 66 pages of the abstract. In response to the petition, 5 demurrers, several motions, 4 answers, 3 cross-petitions, and- as many replies, are set forth. Each answer contains 4 or 5 counts, and each count as many paragraphs. Our initial problem, therefore, is to reduce the issues to their lowest terms. The plaintiff sued upon a note for $9,600, and claimed recovery from all of the defendants. The note was secured by a third mortgage on a half-section…