Section 89-7-103 - The replication

If the avowry be for rent and supplies, or either, claimed to be due and in arrears, the replication by the plaintiff shall be substantially in the following form, viz.:'Thomas Eastv. Circuit court, ____________________ County.William West.'And the plaintiff, for replication, says he was not indebted to the defendant as stated in his said avowry; and of this the plaintiff puts himself upon the country.'Codes, 1892, § 2525; 1906, § 2863; Hemingway's 1917, § 2361; 1930, § 2212; 1942, § 934.