Malone v. Swift Fresh Meats Co.

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• “It is only necessary that the pleading generally indicate the type of litigation that is involved and give a summary of the case that affords fair notice.”
• “the principal function of pleadings is to give fair notice of the claim asserted”
• operative facts originally alleged on claim of unwarranted refusal to continue workmen’s compensation payments were dates of payments, date of refusal, employer-employee status, and not underlying facts relating to injury and date of injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).