Legal Opinion

Chudnow Construction Corp. v. Commercial Discount Corp.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1970No. 221PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.

A demurrer admits the truth of all the allegations of fact in the complaint. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. v. Milwaukee (1970), 45 Wis. 2d 331, 333, 173 N. W. 2d 187. A complaint should be liberally construed upon demurrer, and sustained when it expressly or by inference states any cause of action. Rogers v. Oconomowoc (1962), 16 Wis. 2d 621, 632, 115 N. W. 2d 635; sec. 263.27, Stats.

Demurrant contends that the writing, Exhibit A, is not a legally binding agreement because no signatures appear upon it and there is no allegation that it was signed. Demurrant does not raise the statute of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rogers v. City of OconomowocWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Albright v. Stegeman Motor Car Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Thomsen v. OlsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935

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