40 Iowa 256 | Iowa | 1875
A party may demur to a petition wliere it appears upon its face that there is a defect of parties, plaintiffs or defendants. Eevision, § 2876; Code of 1873, § 26i8.
When any of the matters enumerated as grounds of demurrer do not appear on the face of the petition the objection
From the above statutes it is apparent that a party is authorized to make the objection of a want of parties in the answer, only when the defect does not appear on the face of the petition. If the defect is apparent upon the face of the petition the objection can be taken only by demurrer. See Dennison v. Dennison, 9 Howard Pr. R., 246; Zabriske v. Smith. 13 N. Y., 322; Bidwell v. Astor Ins. Co., 16 N. Y., 266; Merrit v. Walsh, 33 N. Y., 685; De Puy v. Strong, 37 N. Y., 372.
Appellee claims, however, that as to the dower interest of Ellen Levins, the petition does not show that it was an estate
II. ' The answer also alleges a defect of parties, because the
REVERSED.