Lichtenthaler

Lichtenthaler v. Samson Iron Works

Good Law
1916 Cal. App. LEXIS 281·32 Cal. App. 220·162 P. 441
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 27, 1916Civ. No. 2011.California2,267 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

James, J.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover a sum of money as damages alleged to have been sustained through the failure of defendant to furnish an engine and pump and erect the same as contracted for. A demurrer was interposed to the complaint, in which the general ground of objection was first stated that sufficient facts were not set forth to constitute a cause of action. The complaint was also demurred to on the ground .that it attempted to state two causes of action, and was ambiguous and uncertain for the same reason. The superior court sustained the demurrer, and plaintiff declining to amend, judgment of dismissal followed. This appeal was then taken.

In the complaint it was alleged that about April, 1910, the plaintiff was the owner of certain real property in the county of Los Angeles on which she was residing and “on which, as defendant well knew and understood, plaintiff was desirous of, and intended, erecting and installing a pumping plant, for the purpose of obtaining water for domestic purposes and for the irrigation of certain trees and vines then planted and growing on said premises, and of trees "and vines and crops to be planted, cultivated and grown by her on said…

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