Geisler v. Rutkowski

Plaintiffs’ complaints in negligence have omitted from the ad damnum clauses the specific sums of money to which they suppose themselves entitled. This is a radical change from the form of pleading which has been almost universally adopted and approved for many years. The plaintiffs simply demand judgment for “ such sums of money as the facts, evidence and circumstances will warrant and justify.” Defendants move to require the plaintiffs to make their complaints more definite and certain by including in the prayers for relief specific sums for damages.

*285The most cogent and appealing reason has…