Hodge v. Dixon

Deen, Judge.

Damages traceable to a tortious act, but not its legal or natural consequence, are too remote and contingent to be recoverable (¿Code § 105-2009) unless the original actor, whose act would not otherwise be the legal or natural cause of the damages, acts knowingly for the purpose of bringing about the injury. Code § 105-2010. Although under the notice provisions of the new Civil Practice Act it is only necessary to set out “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief” (Code Ann. § 81A-108 (a)) it is still possible for a litigant to plead…