Dansby v. Dansby

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the allegation of bare statutory grounds for divorce is sufficient as against a demurrer or as against a motion to make definite and certain.

As stated by counsel for plaintiff in his oral presentation of this cause, the pleading of bare statutory grounds “has become the accepted practice among attorneys.” With this statement we agree. And we concede that this is not the only practice being used today that tends to destroy the once respected and, when properly pursued, effective art of pleading. For instance, the pleading of the so-called…