Robinson v. Steverson

There are expressions in some of our earlier cases — see, especially, Sledge v. Swift, 53 Ala. 112 — to the effect that a plea of set-off need not observe the same precision of allegation which would be required in stating the same cause of action in an original complaint.

The effect of our recent decisions, however, is to place such a plea on the same footing as an original complaint, and to subject it to same tests as to the sufficiency of its allegations. J. C. Lysle Mill Co. v. North Ala. Gro. Co.,201 Ala. 222, 77 So. 748. We see no reason for changing this rule.

Applying this test to the…