Farley v. Carter

An action entitled Paul Jenks, plaintiff, v. L. Y. Farley, defendant, was commenced in the District Court of Clarke County, for the November Term, 1935. The original notice therein was served upon the defendant by Isador Robinson, the attorney for plaintiff. Defendant in that action, who is the petitioner here, filed a special appearance attacking the jurisdiction of the lower court on two grounds:

First, that the original notice is insufficient to give jurisdiction because it fails to state “in general terms the nature of plaintiff’s cause of action,” as required by section 11055 of the Code…