Jones v. Millsaps
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. The appellees are the owners of a two-story brick building in the city of Jackson, the lower story of 'which is arranged for a store, the upper story being divided into small rooms or offices.
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From the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. The appellees are the owners of a two-story brick building in the city of Jackson, the lower story of 'which is arranged for a store, the upper story being divided into small rooms or offices. On the eighteenth day of J uly, 1892, they entered into a written contract with appellant by which he leased the lower story of the building for one year, beginning August 1, 1892. The written contract contained no stipulation obligating the lessors to make repairs, but it provided for certain changes and repairs…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. .
While the declaration, in some of its allegations, is somewhat indefinite or uncertain, yet.wé do not think it so indefinite or uncertain, as a whole, as that the precise nature of the complaint is not apparent. While parts of the language employed are involved or obscure, the pleading does, nevertheless, contain a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary language.
Our statutes are designed to obviate the necessity for, and the use of all technicalities in all pleadings, and to enable every litigant to have his…
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