Rodgers

In its first amended complaint, the Los Angeles Fire and Police Protective League, an unincorporated association, sought damages for alleged defamation by defendants of police members of the association. Three individuals, Duffy, Wagner, and Whisman, as plaintiffs, also sought damages for alleged defamation. Defendants’ demurrers to said complaint were sustained without leave to amend as to plaintiff association on the ground that no cause of action was stated as to that plaintiff. The demurrer was overruled as to the individual plaintiffs.

The allegations of the first amended complaint were in substance as follows:

Each defendant demurred to the first amended complaint on several grounds. One of the grounds (set forth in paragraph 2 of each demurrer) was that the first amended complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in favor of plaintiff association.

In ruling on the demurrers, the court made an order in part as follows: “Each Demurrer sustained without leave to amend on grounds stated in paragraph 2 thereof, plaintiffs’ counsel having represented in open Court that plaintiff Los Angeles Fire and Protective League can add nothing more…