Title: WYMAN v. HERARD
Citation: 1899 OK 112, 59 P. 100 9, 9 Okla. 35
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: August 26, 1899

WYMAN v. HERARD Annotate this Case WYMAN v. HERARD 1899 OK 112 59 P. 1009 9 Okla. 35 Decided: 08/26/1899 Supreme Court of Oklahoma W. F. WYMAN v. VIRGILE HERARD SYLLABUS ¶0 1. ACTION ON CONTRACT--Counter-Claim. The counter-claim of the defendant in this action is one so arising out of the transaction set forth in the petition as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim and is so connected with the subject matter of that action, that it is properly involved in the action for a complete determination thereof and a settlement of the questions involved therein, as between the plaintiff and defendant. 2. SAME--Pleadings-- Jurisdiction--Summons--Waiver. Since the plaintiff sought the jurisdiction of the court below, and since the counter-claim of the defendant arose out of the transaction set forth in the petition and is connected with the subject matter of the action, the counter-claim is properly filed in the cause, and jurisdiction is obtained by the court as against the defendant; and in such case a provision of the Code of Civil Procedure which declares, that "Every other action must be brought in the county in which the defendant, or some one of the defendants reside or may be summoned," is waived by the plaintiff, and does not apply here. 3. SAME--Pleading--Sufficiency. It is not necessary that a counter-claim should be founded in or arise out of the contract set forth in the petition. It is sufficient if it arises out of the transaction set forth in the petition, or is connected with the subject of the action. 4. PLEADING--Petition--Demurrer--Defects Waived, When. The Code or Civil Procedure, sec. 89, provides that "the defendant may demur to the petition only when it appears upon its face, * * Fourth. That there is a defect of parties, plaintiff or defendant; * * Sixth. That the petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action." Where affirmative relief is sought by the counter-claim, to which the plaintiff replies, he cannot afterward take advantage of the fact that the counter-claim is insufficient in law, or that there are other parties to the action. The same rules of pleading apply in this respect to the counter-claim as to a petition, and if either the counter-claim or petition be insufficient, or defective for want of parties, the defect must be taken advantage of by demurrer. Otherwise, it is waived. 5. TRUST--Beneficiaries of--Rule. The rule that all beneficiaries of the trust should be before the court, is one which has been established for the protection of the trustee, and in order to avoid the repeated vexation of the trustee by a multiplicity of suits; and if the trustee waives the protection of this rule, he may dispense with other persons in a case like the present, in which suit is brought by the trustee against one of the beneficiaries of the trust, and in which the defendant's rights may be protected, and it is apparent to the court that no injury or injustice will result thereby to other beneficiaries of the trust. 6. PROMISSORY