Baker v. Carrington

The complaint alleges in just so many words that the plaintiff is the owner in fee and entitled to the possession of the real estate described, and that the defendants are unlawfully in possession thereof and withhold the same from the plaintiff, and prays for judgment. This is the time honored and classic form. The defendants move that it be made more definite and certain, i. e., that the source and chain of title be given. I cannot bring myself to declare insufficient a form of complaint which has existed and been used by the educated bar from the beginning. The case of Lawrence v. Wright…