Miss. Ch. C. R. 2.07
Each of the several facts on which a complainant may rely for relief shall be set forth in his bill of complaint in a separate paragraph, so far as can be conveniently done, and each paragraph shall be numbered consecutively. The defendant shall answer the bill in like numerical order, and may plead to the fact or facts stated in each such paragraph of the bill, any proper affirmative defense thereto. Or the defendant may answer the bill paragraphically and then plead such affirmative matters of defense to the bill as a whole as he may deem advisable or proper. But in such case, each of the several facts relied on as an affirmative defense shall be stated in a separate paragraph, so far as to distinguish the matters therein pleaded from those previously admitted or denied in response to the bill. And the same rule shall be observed in regard to cross-bills and answers thereto. Any failure to comply with this rule may be taken advantage of by motion to strike such defective pleading.
Miss. Ch. C. R. 2.07