Jackson ex rel. Downing v. Jones

The defendants assign as error that the trial court erred in ordering that certain portions of defendants’ Second Further Answer shall not be read to or brought before the jury on voir dire in the trial of this action.

The defendants argue that the trial court should have allowed the motion to strike if the pleading is improper; and that since it was not stricken as improper, defendants are entitled to read and explain the pleadings to the jury.

The primary function of the pleadings is to state in a plain and intelligible manner the facts constituting the grounds of action or defense, so that…