Case Name: JOHN SUTTON v. JESSE E. BOOKS
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1930-05-23
Citations: 180 Minn. 417
Docket Number: No. 27,885
Parties: JOHN SUTTON v. JESSE E. BOOKS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 417–417

Head Matter:
JOHN SUTTON v. JESSE E. BOOKS.
May 23, 1930.
No. 27,885.
A. J. Ro clone, for appellant.
W. W. Smith, for respondent.
Reported in 231 N. W. 10.

Opinion:
Taylor, C.
In this case plaintiff served a reply to defendant's answer. Defendant demurred to the reply. The court overruled the demurrer but certified that the question involved was important and doubtful. Defendant appealed.
All allegations of new matter in a reply are deemed denied without- further pleading. G. S. 1923 (2 Mason, 1927) § 9268. The provision in K. L. 1905, § 4134, which permitted a demurrer to a reply, was eliminated from the statute by L. 1913, p. 47, c. 54 [G. S. 1923 (2 Mason, 1927) § 9257] and such a demurrer is no longer permissible. See 5 Dunnell, Minn. Dig. (2 ed.) § 7538b, 7557, 7624b.
Demurrer to a reply having been abolished, there is no question for review and the appeal is dismissed.