Perkins v. Langdon

The defendant demurred ore tenus to the complaint in this Court, on the ground that it does not state a cause of action against the defendant. A careful consideration of all the allegations contained in the plaintiffs’ complaint and the amendments thereto, leads us to the conclusion that the demurrer should be sustained.

After interposition of the demurrer, counsel for plaintiffs argued that the terms of the lease were such as to constitute a joint enterprise, and therefore the lessor and the lessees were operating the warehouses as partners. "We do not concur in this view. The provisions of…