Case Name: H. Lafleur and H. P. Isaacs vs. R. H. Douglass
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1862-12
Citations: 1 Wash. Terr. 185
Docket Number: 
Parties: H. Lafleur and H. P. Isaacs vs. R. H. Douglass.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Territory Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 185–185

Head Matter:
H. Lafleur and H. P. Isaacs vs. R. H. Douglass.
If a portion of a complaint is defective, such defect must be reached by a special demurrer, and not by a general demurrer to the whole complaint.
Error to the First Judicial District.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Wyche, Associate Justice.
In this case a general demurrer was filed to the complaint below, on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and a pro forma judgment rendered sustaining the demurrer, and by agreement an appeal is prosecuted here from this pro forma judgment.
The general demurrer, filed below, admits the statement of facts in the complaint to be true, and the complaint, we think, discloses a cause of action.
If the complaint is defective, a special demurrer to the defective portion is the proper proceeding.