Court Opinion

ID: 9833366
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:39:34.620957+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:02.029447
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On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellant asks us to grant a rehearing in' this case upon the ground that the ruling of the court on appellee’s demurrer to appel*1166lant’s plea as to ttie law of Arkansas was reserved until the close of the evidence, and that there is no evidence in the record as to the'law of Arkansas on this matter.
[2] We write this additional opinion to say that, if such he the fact, such practice is not to be commended. A party is required to file his demurrers in due order of pleading, and to present them to the court before the trial upon the merits has begun, and the court should rule upon them when presented. R. S. 1895, art. 1291.
[3] The purpose of a demurrer is to obtain a ruling of the court on a question of law, and for this purpose the allegations of fact are admitted to be true; hence there is no reason why a court should hear the evidence before ruling on a demurrer. When appellee obtained a ruling of the court on his demurrer, he in effect admitted that the law of Arkansas was as alleged by appellant, and this supplied any lack of proof in that regard.
Motion overruled.