Hammons v. English

The common counts are permitted in code pleading: Bliss on Code Pleading, §§ 156, 157, 157a, 298 and 299; Phillips on Code Pleading, § 367; Pomeroy on Code Remedies, §§15 and "436 — 8; Clark on Code Pleading, pp. 196-204; Bancroft’s Code Pleading, §§41, 42 and 913. The complaint alleges the performance of services, the date, the defendant’s written request, the value, a written promise to pay and nonpayment. Under the authorities we believe that the foregoing was sufficient to meet the demands of the common counts. In Bowen & Chambers v. Emmerson, 3 Or. 452, the complaint did not allege a…