Missouri Court of Appeals February 3, 1903 (Ritchey v. Home Insurance)

REYBURN, J.

The form of answer permitted under the code is set forth in section 604 of the Revised Statutes, which provides what the answer may contain in the following language:

“The answer of the defendant shall contain: First, a general or specific denial of each material allegation of the petition controverted by the defendant, or any knowledge or information, thereof sufficient to form a