Lacey v. Bentley
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. Hon. Louis W. Cunningham, Judge. Action by Ellen M. Bentley against James I. Lacey and Thomas Lacey. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell
This was an action by appellee to recover of appellants money alleged to have been given by her to her husband, for safe keeping, and lost by the husband in a gambling house maintained and operated by appellants.
A demurrer to the complaint upon the following grounds was interposed:
1. Several causes of action improperly united.
2. That the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
3. That the complaint is ambiguous, unintelligible and uncertain.
The first and third grounds of demurrer do' not specify the grounds upon which the objection was taken, and will be…
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