§35-11-222. How action commenced; pleadings, practice and proceedings.  


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  • Such actions, when brought in the circuit court, shall be commenced by summons and complaint. The complaint shall contain a description of the property on which the lien is claimed, and shall allege the facts necessary to entitle the plaintiff to the lien and the enforcement thereof; in all other respects, the pleadings, practice and proceedings shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions.

(Code 1876, §3446; Code 1886, §3029; Code 1896, §2734; Code 1907, §4765; Code 1923, §8843; Code 1940, T. 33, §49.)