A claim for damages is adequately pleaded where the factual allegations support the claim, even if the plaintiff has incorrectly characterised the legal basis (e.g., constructive trust instead of detinue or conversion). A trial judge errs in declining to address such a claim on the basis that the correct cause of action was not specifically named in the pleadings, particularly where the opposing party responded to the merits without objecting to the pleading.
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