(a) The pleadings in the Municipal Court are first, the complaint by the plaintiff; second, the answer by the defendant.
(b) The pleadings may be oral or in writing; if oral, the substance of them shall be entered by the Municipal Judge in his docket; if in writing, they shall be filed by Municipal Court Clerk and a reference to them be made in the docket. In either case, if the parties appear, and the defendant make defense, they shall be made up on the return day of the summons, unless good cause be shown to the contrary.
(c) The complaint shall state in a plain and direct manner the facts constituting the cause of action; and, if more than one cause of action be stated therein, each shall be separately stated and numbered.
(d) The answer of the defendant may contain, first, a denial of the complaint or some part thereof; second, a statement of the facts constituting a defense or counterclaim.
(1978 Code Sec. 16-8)