Cason v. Cason
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 117 — EQUITY APPEAL 'FROM HARRISON CHANCERY COURT. '1. The defendant was not entitled to judgment on his counter-claim, as the caption of his answer did not contain the words “ answer and counter-claim,” '2. It was error to allow the defendant to file the amended answer. 8. The proof did not authorize the recovery. 1. The proof authorized the recovery. -2 It was proper to allow the amended answer to be filed to conform the pleadings to the proof.
1Opinion of the Court
■JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion of the court.
Subsection 4 of section 9,7, .chapter 4, of the .Civil Code, provides, that “a defendant shall not have judgment upon *559a set-off or counter-claim, unless the caption of the answer contain the words answer and- set-off, or the words answer ahd counter-claim; but a misdescription in the caption of the nature of the defendant’s claim shall not prevent him from having judgment; nor shall a plaintiff have judgment upon a counter-claim, unless the caption of his reply contain the words reply and counter-claim.”
The object of this provision is to apprise…
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