Watson v. Mahan

Suit for specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of real estate. The complaint alleged that the contract was by parol; that it was partly executed by possession taken, purchase-money paid, and improvements made.

The answer consisted of the general denial, and several special paragraphs, stating the facts of the case differently from the statement in the complaint, and showing argumentatively that there was not a contract made and partly executed, as alleged in the complaint. These special paragraphs amounted severally to the general denial of the contract upon which the plaintiff…