Greenwood v. Stewart

1. (a) The statutory or “Jack Jones” forms of pleading (Ga. L. 1847, p. 203 et seq.) were not repealed by the Practice and Pleading Act of 1893 (Code § 81-103), and the language used in the declarations therein for the recovery of real estate or personal property, “. . to which your petitioner claims title”, is a sufficient allegation of title in the plaintiff to support the action (Dugas v. Hammond, 130 Ga. 87, 60 S. E. 268) and “should be regarded as containing all the substantial and necessary averments of the common-law form for the same kind of action.” See also Breen v. Barfield, 80 Ga.…