Widell v. Holy Trinity Catholic Church

The preliminary skirmishes in the pleadings do not prevent this court from construing the complaint liberally to ascertain what the plaintiff intended to plead and to do “substantial justice between the parties.” Sec. 263.27, Stats. The plaintiff was ordered to plead his causes of action separately and he intended by the amended complaint to obtain the benefit of three causes of action while depriving the defendant of the benefits of a demurrer. The first cause of action alleging the facts of the accident and a violation of the safe-place statute, sec. 101.06, was incorporated into the third…