Tecumseh Coal & Mining Co. v. Buck

The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellant for $12,000 damages on account of personal injuries sustained by him when some slate and rock fell from the roof of appellant's coal mine in which he was working and crushed one of his legs so badly that it was amputated just below the knee, and otherwise injured him.

The complaint alleged certain conclusions of law and ■appellant filed a motion to require that the facts be stated on which they were based. But it is not necessary to plead the law. That is judicially known to the court. And mere averments of. legal conclusions amount to…