Taylor v. Thomas

This case affords a fair illustration of the chaotic condition into which a cause may be brought by disregarding the rules' of pleading which are designed to enable a plaintiff to present in simple language with a reasonable degree of certainty his cause of action and the remedy he seeks, and to enable the defendant in equally succinct but clear English to present the defense he desires' to interpose to the plaintiff’s case if the declaration states one.

In this case no attention was paid to those us'eful and long tried rules of pleading which enable lawyers to quickly arrive in their clients’…