Court Opinion

ID: 9845217
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:16:49.938071+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:15:54.766632
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Duckworth, Chief Justice,
dissenting. I dissent on the ground that it was error for the Court of Appeals to affirm the ruling of the trial court in overruling the special demurrer. The demurrer was good, and the plaintiffs should have been required to furnish the factual information as to the manner in which the horse was killed and how the windstorm caused his death. When the plaintiffs are thus called on by special demurrer to allege essential facts which are necessary to the defendant’s defense, these facts must be averred. The death of the horse is not the only ultimate fact, and the plaintiffs’ petition did not “plainly, fully and distinctly” set forth the cause of action.