Silvers v. Canary

The appellee brought this action to quiet title to real estate of which she claimed to be the owner.

The appellants answered in three paragraphs, the first of which is the general denial. The reply of the appellee is ■addressed to the entire answer, and purports to be a reply to *268all of that pleading. It is, in fact, not sufficient as to the* first paragraph of the answer. It is a familiar rule of pleading that a reply must be good as to the entire answer to which it is addressed or it will be bad on demurrer. This rule makes it plain that the trial court erred in overruling the appellants’…