Case Name: Edward G. Shattuck vs. Alfred A. Marcus & others; Same vs. Same; Same vs. Same
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1903-02-25
Citations: 182 Mass. 572
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward G. Shattuck vs. Alfred A. Marcus & others. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 182
Pages: 572–572

Head Matter:
Edward G. Shattuck vs. Alfred A. Marcus & others. Same vs. Same. Same vs. Same.
Suffolk.
November 11, 1902.
February 25, 1903.
Present: Knowlton, C. J., Morton, Lathrop, & Hammond, JJ.
Pleading, Declaration.
The objection that a count of a declaration embraces two causes of action must be taken by demurrer.
B. B. Savary $ L. B. Baldwin, for the defendants.
J. D. Thomson, for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
Lathrop, J.
If the declarations in these cases are to be construed, as the defendants contend, as each containing only one count, which embraces two causes of action, and so are in violation of the Pub. Sts. c. 167, § 2, cl. 4, the-objection should have been taken by demurrer. Clay v. Brigham, 8 Gray, 161. Downs v. Hawley, 112 Mass. 237, 241.
The exceptions are frivolous, and are overruled with double costs, and interest at twelve per cent.
So ordered.