Snowden v. Wilas

This was a suit by Wilas and Others against Snowden and Others, to recover for damage done by overflowing land by means of a mill-dam.

The defendants demurred to the complaint for uncertainty. The demurrer was overruled.

"Uncertainty is not a ground of demurrer under the code; but is a ground for a motion to compel the plaintiff to make his pleading more certain. Nevertheless, if a pleading be so uncertain as not to state intelligibly a substantially good cause of action or defense, it will be subject to demurrer, for not stating a cause of action or defense.

In the case at bar, we think the…