Milner v. Shuey

Pleadings in civil cases are not mere matters of form, but are the foundation of the action and basis of jurisdiction, and intended and required to inform the adverse or interested parties of the real cause of action and to frame and present the issues to be decided by the court. The caption of plaintiff's complaint contains the names of certain parties as defendants, but does not name or purport to name the interveners as parties to the action. And the interveners are nowhere mentioned in plaintiff's complaint.

The mere fact that appellants intervened in this action in an endeavor to protect…