Continental Life Insurance v. Houser

The third paragraph of the appellee’s complaint is, substantially, the ordinary count for money had and received, and, although badly drawn and lacking in certainty, is sufficient on demurrer. The remedy for a pleading defective in point of certainty is a motion to make more definite and 'certain.

The fourth paragraph alleges that, on the” 23d day of December, 1872, one William Hesse received from appellant a policy of insurance on the life of his mother, Louise Hesse, payable to himself; that the premium was $155 per annum, payable in four instalments; that on the 4th of July, 1873, William…