If the avowry be for rent and supplies, or either, claimed to be due and in arrears, the replication by the plaintiff shall be substantially in the following form, viz.:
"Thomas East
v. Circuit court, ____________________ County.
William West.
"And the plaintiff, for replication, says he was not indebted to the defendant as stated in his said avowry; and of this the plaintiff puts himself upon the country."
Miss. Code § 89-7-103