Shrigley v. Black

This action was for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real estate. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, upon the grounds that the facts stated were not sufficient to constitute a cause of action and that several causes of action were improperly joined. From the order sustaining the demurrer and from the judgment following it the plaintiff prosecutes error to this court.

*488The facts stated in the petition may be summarized as follows. Soranus L. Brettun owned the property in controversy. He died, leaving a will in which Margaret Brettun, his wife, and Charles C. Black were named as…