Court Opinion

ID: 9845836
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:29:14.582323+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:23.376867
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Felton, J.,
concurring specially.
I concur in the judgment of reversal for the reason that the court made what I denominate a technical error in sustaining the demurrer to the petition. However, the court did not sustain the demurrer on the ground on which its judgment is being reversed. In the ruling on the demurrer the court in effect ruled on the merits of the justiciable controversy shown in the petition and declared the rights of the parties. ' The procedural trouble with the ruling is that it was *425rendered on demurrer and not on the merits of the questions raised by 'the petition. In view of the foregoing, the court’s ruling should be considered as a judgment on the merits of the controversy, and this court should on this appeal decide whether the judgment of the court on the real issue was right or wrong. If this is not done, the case will have to be retried in the court below and appealed again to this court in order to have determined the identical question which I think under the facts should be determined now.