§56-4-47. Plea denying partnership; form of denial of corporate
existence.
Where plaintiffs or defendants sue or are sued as partners,
and their names are set forth in the declaration or bill, or where
a plaintiff or defendant sues or is sued as a corporation, it shall
not be necessary to prove the fact of such partnership or the
existence of such corporation, unless the pleading which puts the
matter in issue be verified, or there be an affidavit filed
therewith denying such partnership or the existence of such
corporation. A plea putting in issue the existence of a
corporation shall be sufficient if it be in form or effect as
follows:
"And the said defendant for plea says that the plaintiff (or
defendant, as the case may be) is not a corporation, as in the
plaintiff's declaration is alleged."