Orme v. King

Bleckley, Judge.

1. An affidavit to eject an intruder is the foundation of a legal proceeding, and, for that reason, cannot be amended, its amendment not being expressly provided for by law. Code, §3504. When the pleadings are so defective that no legal judgment can be rendered, the judgment will be arrested or set aside. Ib., §3589. One of the chief requisites in pleading, where specific property is to be directly acted upon by the judgment, is certainty of description — such certainty as will render it possible for the officer whose duty it may be to enforce the judgment, to distinguish the…