[Answer to writ.]

On the return day of the alternative writ, or such further day as the court allows, the party on whom the writ is served may show cause by answer, made in the same manner as an answer to a complaint in civil action. History: Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 43; C.L. 1884, § 1998; C.L. 1897, § 2766; Code 1915, § 3418; C.S. 1929, § 86-108; 1941 Comp., § 26-109; 1953 Comp., § 22-12-9.