Sullivan v. Miller

Suit by John Miller against Robert L. Sullivan to recover damages for the alleged conversion by Sullivan of certain personal property, which is fully described in the complaint.

The complaint is in Code form. To .the action, the defendant, in addition to the general issue, filed three special pleas. To these special pleas the plaintiff filed numerous grounds of demurrer, among them the ground, “That the plea states nothing which may not be proven under the general issue.”

It has long' been a rule of pleading in this jurisdiction that, in an action of trover, the plea of not guilty - puts in…