Hawkins v. . Moss

“The function of a complaint” as stated by Walker, J., in Winders v. Hill, 141 N. C., 694, 54 S. E., 440, “is not the narration of the evidence, but a statement of the substantive and constituent facts upon which the plaintiff’s claim to relief is founded. The bare statement of the ultimate facts is all that is required, and they are always such as are directly put in issue. Probative facts are those which may be in controversy, but are not issuable. Facts from which the ultimate and decisive facts may be inferred are but evidence, and therefore probative. Those from which a legal conclusion…