Childers v. Verner & Stribling

Citations

• 12 S.C. 1
• 1879 S.C. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>1. Tlie rule that pleading must be construed strongly against the pleader, is inconsistent with Section 182 of the code of procedure.</p> <p>2. Complaint alleged that plaintiff was a laborer on land leased by M. from E., and also admitted possession and ownership to be in E., and alleged further, in a separate paragraph, that defendants improperly and illegally entered the premises rented to plaintiff by M., and gathered and hauled therefrom certain specified quantities of the crop. Held, on demurrer, to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. McIver, A. J., dissenting.</p>