German American Lumber Co. v. Brock
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was .decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Washington County. Statement. An action was brought in the circuit court foi Washington county by Wesley Brock against the German American Lumber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff in the defendant’s saw mill.
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This case was .decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Washington County. Statement. An action was brought in the circuit court foi Washington county by Wesley Brock against the German American Lumber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff in the defendant’s saw mill. The declaration is as follows: “That heretofore, to-wit, on the 12th day of November, A. D. 1906, the defendant was the owner, user, and operator, of a certain saw mill at Millville in Washington county, Florida, which mill was used and operated aiuit in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
—The first ground of the demurrer that the allegations of the declaration do not piesent a cause of action, does not state any substantial matter of law challenging the sufficiency in substance of the' declaration as required by the statute, and is in effect but a repetition or reiteration of the statutory form of demurrer that the declaration “is-bad in substance.” As it does not appear from an inspection of the declaration that it in substance fails to state a cause of action the first ground of the demurrer is of no avail. Benedict Pineapple Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co., 55 Fla. 514,…
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