Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 8Joel Munsell, 1853 - Civil procedure |
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... denial in an answer . ( This is adverse to Hopkins agt . Everett , 6 How . Pr . R. 159 , and Salinger agt . Lusk , 7 id ... denied by the answer are immaterial . 3d . The answer admits facts sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to the ...
... denial in an answer . ( This is adverse to Hopkins agt . Everett , 6 How . Pr . R. 159 , and Salinger agt . Lusk , 7 id ... denied by the answer are immaterial . 3d . The answer admits facts sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to the ...
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... denied is not material , and the denial forms only an immaterial issue ( see 5 How . Pr . R. 321 ) . If the allegations of a pleading are so indefinite or uncertain that the precise na- ture of the charge or defence is not apparent ...
... denied is not material , and the denial forms only an immaterial issue ( see 5 How . Pr . R. 321 ) . If the allegations of a pleading are so indefinite or uncertain that the precise na- ture of the charge or defence is not apparent ...
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... denied , viz : the owning and holding of the note by the plaintiff at the com- mencement of the suit , to be stricken out . It is alleged in the complaint that Clifton then and there endorsed the said pro- missory note ; and the same ...
... denied , viz : the owning and holding of the note by the plaintiff at the com- mencement of the suit , to be stricken out . It is alleged in the complaint that Clifton then and there endorsed the said pro- missory note ; and the same ...
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... denied that the mortgage contained the conditions alleged to be broken ; on demurrer to the answer , on the ground that the conditions of the bond must control that of the mortgage , held , that the complaint not setting out the ...
... denied that the mortgage contained the conditions alleged to be broken ; on demurrer to the answer , on the ground that the conditions of the bond must control that of the mortgage , held , that the complaint not setting out the ...
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... deny it upon his information , if he have such in- formation as enables him to say he believes it to be untrue ... denies merely upon information an allegation , the truth or falsity of which is within the defendant's own knowledge . So ...
... deny it upon his information , if he have such in- formation as enables him to say he believes it to be untrue ... denies merely upon information an allegation , the truth or falsity of which is within the defendant's own knowledge . So ...
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Page 476 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.
Page 285 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 153 - Judgment may be given, for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or more of several defendants, and it may determine the ultimate rights of the parties on each side, as between themselves, and it may grant to the defendant any affirmative relief to which he may be entitled.
Page 147 - A cause of action, arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action.
Page 94 - The court before which an action is pending, or a judge or justice thereof, may, in their discretion, and upon due notice, order either party to give to the other, within a specified time, an inspection and copy, or permission to take a copy, of any books, papers and documents in his possession, or under his control, containing evidence relating to the merits of the action, or the defense therein.
Page 73 - The plaintiff may unite in the same complaint several causes of action, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable or both, where they all arise out of, 1.
Page 274 - The answer of the defendant must contain: 1. A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief.
Page 169 - When it appears by the complaint that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded, and such relief, or any part thereof consists in restraining the commission or continuance of the act complained of, either for a limited period or perpetually; 2.
Page 182 - So, when the defendant demurs on the ground that it appears on the face of the complaint that there is a defect of parties...
Page 203 - When a married woman is a party, her husband must be joined with her, except that, 1. When the action concerns her separate property, she may sue alone ; 2. When the action is between herself and her husband, she may sue or be sued alone.