Briggs v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON EXCEPTIONS. Case, for damages for an alleged unjustifiable delay in the transportation of flour. The defendants filed a general demurrer at the first term, which the presiding Judge sustained, and the plaintiff's alleged exceptions. , No briefs came into the hands of the Reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtKent, J.
The objection to the declaration,, as stated in argument, is, that it is bad for duplicity. It may be so, but the demurrer is general and not special. According to long established rules of pleading, duplicity can only be taken advantage of on special demurrer, pointing out the objection and the grounds of it. Scott v. Whipple, 6 Greenlief, 425. Otis v. Blake, 6 Mass., 336. Commonwealth *376v. Tuck, 20 Pick., 361; 1 Chitty Pleadings, 512; 2 Johns., 433; 20 Johns., 404. Exceptions sustained.
Demurrer overruled.
AppletoN, C. J., WaltoN, Dickerson, Barrows and Tapley, JJ., concurred.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Currie v. HenryNew York Supreme Court · 1807
- Otis v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Bradner v. DemickNew York Supreme Court · 1823