Case Name: Linder v. Smith
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1892-04-08
Citations: 131 Ind. 147
Docket Number: No. 15,769
Parties: Linder v. Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 131
Pages: 147–148

Head Matter:
No. 15,769.
Linder v. Smith.
Pleading. — Complaint.—If the plaintiff is entitled to any substantial relief, on the facts stated in his complaint, a demurrer thereto should he overruled.
From the Madison Circuit Court.
W. A. Kittinger and L. M. Schwinn, for appellant.
J. W. Lovett and, S. M. Keltner, for appellee.

Opinion:
Coffey, J.
This was an action in the Madison Circuit Court to recover a personal judgment for material furnished and work and labor done and performed in the construction of a cistern.
Filed April 8, 1892.
Coupled with the allegations necessary to the recovery of a personal judgment were allegations seeking to foreclose a mechanic's lien.
The court overruled a demurrer to the complaint, and this ruling is the only one discussed by counsel in their briefs.
The court did not err in this ruling.
Independent of the right to a mechanic's lien the complaint was good as an action for a personal judgment. If a plaintiff is entitled to any substantial relief on the facts stated in his complaint, a demurrer thereto should be overruled. Howe v. Dibble, 45 Ind. 120.
Judgment affirmed.