Motions and demurrers were read, and I heard only the party against whom I was inclined to rule on the reading.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Several demurrers now arose, for nobody seemed to think that I would want such an ugly skin as that.
"A Bicycle of Cathay"
Frank R. Stockton
The workingmen were convicted in two cases; in two other cases the courts sustained demurrers to the indictments; in three cases the defendants were acquitted after jury trials; and the outcome of one case is unknown.
"A History of Trade Unionism in the United States"
Selig Perlman