American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Smith

Duckworth, Justice.

The date of the filing of the petition is not shown, but it was verified on June 22, 1942, and the sanction of the judge is of the same date. The petition contains four numbered paragraphs. The first alleges the residence of the defendant. The second alleges that the petitioner’s father, at the time of his death in 1936, owned certain described lands which under his will, a copy of which was attached to the petition as an exhibit, were devised to petitioner. The third paragraph alleges acts of trespass thereon by the defendant. The fourth contains merely the prayers.

The…