City of La Porte v. Organ

The appellee’s decedent was treasurer of the city of La Porte, and the claim filed by the appellant against the estate of said decedent is for an alleged shortage in his account as such treasurer. The complaint or statement of claim was in one paragraph. To this the appellee filed an answer in three paragraphs, viz.:

First. Former adjudication.

Second. Statute of limitations.

Third. The general denial.

Demurrers were filed and overruled to the first and second paragraphs of the answer. The appellant filed a reply in two paragraphs, being, first, the general denial, and, second, mat*370ter in…