Swann v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.

BOULDIN, Justice.

“It is a cardinal rule of pleading in equity, as has been said by this court, founded in reason and good sense, that a bill must show the complainant’s title to relief with sufficient certainty and clearness to enable the court to see plainly that he has such a right as warrants its interference, and the defendant to be distinctly informed of the nature of the cáse which he is called upon to defend. Matters essential to the complainant’s right to relief must appear, not by inference, but by direct and unambiguous averment. Cockrell v. Gurley, 26 Ala. 405; Duckworth v.…