Chew v. Glenn

Citations

• 82 Md. 370
• 33 A. 722
• 1896 Md. LEXIS 14

Syllabus

<p>Eqtdty Pleading — Paragraphs of Bill — Multifariousness.</p> <p>The provisions of Code, Art. 16, sec. 131 etseq., concerning the forms of pleadings in equity, should be so construed as to require a reasonable degree of accuracy in complying with their requirements.</p> <p>Where the paragraphs of a bill in equity are wrongly numbered and more than one subject-matter contained in a single paragraph, a demurrer to the bill should not on that account be allowed, but the proper method of objecting to defects of this character is by motion in the nature of a ne recipiatur.</p> <p>A bill setting forth an agreement between plaintiff and defendant, by which the former was to loan money on mortgages for the latter, examine titles, etc., and to divide commissions, and enumerating a number of instances in which it was alleged that the defendant had failed to comply with the agreement, is not multifarious.</p>