Norton v. . McDevit

Eukches, J.:

This is an action to declare a trust and for possession of land. The complaint, as it is drawn, does not very distinctly state the plaintiff’s cause of action. It is a mistake to suppose that the Code pleading does away with the necessity of a correct statement of plaintiff’s cause of action, or relieves the defendant from making a correct statement of his grounds of defence. While it is not necessary that this should be done with the technical exactness required under the old style of pleading, it should be done with substantial accuracy. But the great object in pleading is to…