Peterson v. Pantheon Lumber Co.

Citations

• 62 Wash. 189
• 113 P. 562
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 672

Syllabus

<p>Pleading — Complaint—Separate Statement op Causes — -Objection How Taken. Objection to a complaint for not separately stating the several causes of action cannot be taken by demurrer, but only by motion.</p> <p>Corporations — Actions—Parties—Jurisdiction—■ Presumption — ■ Pleading — Complaint. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 4854 providing that a corporation may be sued in a county wherein it has an office for the transaction of business, or an agent upon whom service may be made, does not require the fact to be affirmatively alleged, nor make a complaint demurrable for want of jurisdiction, where the fact does not appear on its face, since jurisdiction will in such- case be presumed.</p> <p>Pleading — Demurrer—Several Causes. A general demurrer to several causes of action on the ground that the statute of limitations has run must be overruled if any one of the causes is not barred by the statute.</p> <p>Limitation op Actions — Rents—Landlord and Tenant. An action for rent is within Rem. & Bal. Code, § 157, subd. 3, providing a limitation of six years for rents and profits for the use and occupation of real estate.</p>