Seal v. Cameron

Citations

• 24 Wash. 62
• 63 P. 1103
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 494

Syllabus

<p>PLEADING-TESTING COMPLAINT BY MOTION-HARMLESS ERROR.</p> <p>The action of the trial court in permitting the sufficiency of a complaint to be tested by a pleading called a “motion” instead of a “demurrer,” was not prejudicial error, when the motion was in substance a demurrer, was so treated by the court, and the issue raised by it was tried in the same way as if it had been called a demurrer.</p> <p>SAME-SUFFICIENCY OF COMPLAINT-PLEADING WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS -LEGAL EFFECT.</p> <p>In an action to enjoin stockholders from interference with plaintiff’s exercise of the office of trustee and manager of a private corp'oration, it is sufficient, when necessary to plead the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the corporation, to state them in substance and according to their legal effect, without setting them out in haec verba. .</p>