22 Ind. App. 106 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1899
— Overruling a demurrer to the complaint and a motion in arrest of judgment are the only errors assigned. The complaint is in three paragraphs. The following demurrer to the complaint was filed: “The above-named defendant demurs to the plaintiff’s complaint in the above entitled cause, and, for cause of demurrer, says all and severally, the following: (1) That the said complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against the defendant; (2) that neither paragraph óf said complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against this defendant.”
Even if a demand was necessary, we think the averments of the complaint show such was made. The theory of the complaint is not to recover a monthly payment, but it is to recover the total amount due on the completion of the work. Construing the averments of the complaint and the contract together, the mares were to be delivered on the completion of the work, and we think the complaint shows a demand for them. At any rate, the complaint must be held to show that appellant had notice of the completion of the work under the contract. The written contract between the parties is the foundation of the action; the work was to be done in a
There was a general verdict. A motion in arrest of judgment was overruled. But the rule is well settled that where the court has jurisdiction of the subject-matter, and has acquired jurisdiction of the parties, the judgment will not be arrested if the complaint contains one good paragraph. Lange v. Dammier, 119 Ind. 567; Durham v. Hiatt, 127 Ind. 514; Sims v. Dame, 113 Ind. 127; Baddeley v. Patterson, 78 Ind. 157; Waugh v. Waugh, 47 Ind. 580; Kelsey v. Henry, 48 Ind. 37; Peden v. Mail, 118 Ind. 556. Judgment affirmed.