468.87  Pleadings on appeal.
  It shall not be necessary for the appellees to file an answer to the petition unless some affirmative defense is made thereto, but they may do so.
[S13, §1989-a14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7518; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §455.97]
89 Acts, ch 126, §2
CS89, §468.87