Odlin v. Stuckey

Citations

• 76 Fla. 42
• 80 So. 291

Syllabus

<p>1. A ground of demurrer to a pleading, which is so general as to amount merely to a repetition of the demurrer that the pleading is bad in substance, -does not comply with the statutory requirements that the substantial matters of law intended to be argued shall be stated.</p> <p>2. A plea to .a declaration upon a promissory note that the consideration for the note was the promise of the plaintiffs that they would assume'and ©áy certain outstanding promissory notes upon which ' plaintiffs’ testator and the defendant were jointly 'liable and would release and discharge the defendant from all liability of every kind to the plaintiffs as executors and especially from liability on account of such notes, and that the plaintiffs had failed and refused to release the defendant from any obligations to the estate represented by plaintiffs who claim that the defendant is equally liable for the indebtedness represented by the said outstanding notes, is valid as a plea of failure of consideration.</p>