Court of Appeals of North Carolina December 29, 1972, 7210SC546 (Patterson Ex Rel. Patterson v. Weatherspoon)

HEDRICK, Judge.

“Under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 8(a), detailed fact-pleading is not required. ‘A pleading complies with the rule if it gives sufficient notice of the events or transactions which produced the claim to enable the adverse party to understand the nature of it and the basis for it, to file a responsive pleading, and — by using the rules provided for obtaining pretrial discovery — to get any