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INSURANCE COMPANY:

complaint against, on agreement to effect insurance, praying re-
lief in the alternative, that defendant execute policy or pay loss, 328
by receiver of, on a premium note,......
requisites of complaint in such cases,.

381

381-383

complaint by trustee under assignment, on policy effected on

assigned property,

398

on policy of marine insurance, performance of conditions prece-

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answer to same,......

565

complaint on policy of insurance of vessel for inland navigation, 452

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legal and equitable, trespass with cause of action for an injunc-
tion,

96

two equitable causes of action united,

252

divorce for adultery and for cruel treatment cannot be joined, .. 286
different kinds of money demands, accruing in different rights,
united in same complaint,....

436

what claims may be so joined, and how statement thereof set forth
in complaint,....

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438

complaint for verbal slander joined with libel,......

468

several causes of action joined, for damages against railroad cor-
poration as a common carrier,

523

ejectment to recover part of public street, joined with cause of
action for damages for same entry, ...

526

demurrer for improper joinder of causes of action,.....

672-675

JOINDER OF DEFENCES:

... 552

defendant may set forth as many as he may have, and requisites
of, ....
admission in one does not preclude him from relying on another, 567
examples of several defences united in same answer, 551, 559,
566, 574, 600

what defences may be joined in an action of assault and battery,

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complaint by president of, on a demand for land sold,.
when and in what cases action may be brought,.

392

392

may be in name of treasurer,.

393

against an association, by the name of its president, for rent due, 394

JUDGMENT:

complaint on a judgment by leave of the court,..
on justice's judgment rendered more than five years,.

439

438

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JUDGMENT (Continued):

complaint must show leave to sue on notice,

437

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must follow language of Code, that "judgment was duly given
or made,'

441

JUSTIFICATION AND MITIGATION:

answer, excuse and justification for injury to the person,.
(See NEGLIGENT AND WRONGFUL ACT, RAILROAD COMPANY, LI-
BEL AND SLANDER.)

justification for taking personal property under collector's war-

rant,

justification in action for false imprisonment,

same, in assault and battery, denial, justification, &c.,.
same, in action of trespass to lands,...

581

594

598

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607-617

in libel and slander, justification and mitigating circumstances,

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counter-claim in action for, that work was done under special

contract, which plaintiff has violated,....

426

427

430

431

645

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answer in slander, denial of speaking words, justification and

mitigating circumstances,

607

same, justification and mitigating circumstances,

610

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answer in libel, defence of mitigating circumstances alone,
what answer in slander must contain,.

612

608-609

when justification must specify facts relied on,..

609

may be general when the slanderous charges are specific,

611

that general character of plaintiff is bad, may be pleaded in miti-
gation, but not reputation that he is guilty of the particular
crime charged,...

610

whether matter merely in mitigation may be pleaded alone, with-
out any other defence, in an action of libel or slander,..

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complaint to charge separate property of, for payment of her
debts,

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to obtain satisfaction for husband's debt, out of property of, on
which husband has expended labor, &c.,..

294

MARRIED WOMAN (Continued):

may sue or be sued without next friend,...

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291

to charge separate estate of, the complaint must show that the
note was given for her benefit or the use of her separate estate, 292
complaint, to compel husband and wife to execute a lien on wife's
separate estate, to secure money loaned to purchase it,....... 298
by husband and wife, for injury to wife by negligence and mis-
management of railroad company,.

MISTAKE:

complaint by heirs of grantor, to have deed reformed, and a mis-
take in description of premises corrected,

complaint to reform written contract for lease, in case of mistake,
complaint to recover back money paid under mistake as to quan-
tity of land sold,..

481

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156

answer to same,.

618

....

complaint to recover back money paid by mistake by guardian of
ward,..

402

defensive answer, setting up mistake in contract sought to be spe-
cifically performed,....

651

answer by way of counter-claim, praying that contract be re-
formed, and offering to perform as corrected,...
reply to same,....

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counter-claim by landlord, admitted to defend his tenant in an
action brought to recover possession, setting up mistake in con-
veyance, praying that it be reformed and his title established,. 654
reply to same,....

MONEY LENT, PAID AND RECEIVED TO PLAINTIFF'S USE:

complaint for money lent, .....

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same, for money had and received to plaintiff's use,
same, for money paid for defendant's use,.....
what complaints in such cases should contain,..
complaint for money, work and materials,.
for a general balance of an account,
counter-claim for money lent, &c.,.

MORTGAGE:

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428, 430

430

431

649

complaint to restrain sale under, and declare mortgage void,.... 114
same, and to establish title, and remove cloud from title,... 117
same, in case of usurious mortgage,.

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122

to set aside fraudulent judgment on, and for redemption of pre-
mises, ....

136

for foreclosure of mortgage against mortgagor and subsequent
incumbrancers,

249

for foreclosure of two mortgages on same premises, praying con-
ditionally a judgment against assignor of first mortgage on his
covenant that a specified amount was due,....

252

for foreclosure, alleging a prior mortgage held by two defendants
to be fraudulent and void, and setting up a covenant by another
defendant that the lien of another prior mortgage and judg-
ment should be subsequent to lien of plaintiff's mortgage,.... 258
to compel assignment to plaintiff for foreclosure of a bond and
mortgage, to which he was equitably entitled, or to compel
mortgagor to pay the amount due and cancel mortgage,...
by heir-at-law, for redemption of mortg premises,. . .
by junior judgment creditor, not made a party to a bill of fore-
closure, to redeem premises sold under decree,

264

270

272

NEGLIGENCE AND WRONGFUL ACT:

complaint for causing death of plaintiff's testator or intestate by
wrongful act,

requisites of complaints in such cases,

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377, 501
378-379

complaint for negligence in keeping an insecure privy, whereby
a servant of defendant, falling in, was injured,.
against municipal corporation for negligence in constructing a
drain in public street,..

472

475

same, for allowing ditch to remain open,..

577

notice to defendant of neglect must be shown,.

420

complaint for injury to plaintiff's person by negligence of defen-
dant,

478

answer to same,

581

complaint for injury to wife by negligence and mismanagement of
railroad company,.

481

gence,

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(See RAILROAD COMPANY.)

for damages caused by negligence and want of skill of physician, 485
against railroad company for damages occasioned by negli-
503-514
answer by municipal corporation, that the negligence charged was
that of defendant's contractor, exercising an independent em-
ployment; also that injury was caused by plaintiff's negligence, 577

PARTIES:

complaint where parties, who should have been plaintiffs, refuse
to join and are made defendants,..

in action to set aside assignment, who should be parties,
in action to establish and carry out assignment,.
where question is one of a common or general interest,
to action for construction of will,

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executors, when proper parties in partition suit,.
complaints by one or more persons, on behalf of themselves and
all others similarly situated,.

175, 318, 335

rule as to parties, when numerous, or the question is one of a
common or general interest,.

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dormant partner must be joined as plaintiff,
complaint by one or more of numerous subscribers to a common
fund deposited in bank, which the bank refuses to pay,.. 408
cases in which actions of this kind may be brought,
408-409
complaint in similar case by several heirs, on a covenant of war-
ranty, .

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411

in what cases one or more defendants may defend for the rest,.. 414
rule as to parties severally liable on same instrument, ...... 417-420
contractor and guarantor sued jointly,

422

answer where defendants are numerous, one or more for the rest, 630

PARTITION:

complaint for partition of lands devised by will, and construction
of will,...

208

for partition by one tenant in common against his co-tenant,
same, by one claiming under sheriff's deed, against widow and
heirs of deceased owner,.....

233

235

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same, by two plaintiffs claiming under will, &c., against heirs and
owners unknown, and asking to have their shares set-off in
common,.

241

answer to same,.

630

who are proper parties in a partition suit,.

233, 238

what claims and rights may be set up in complaint,
answer of infants in, by their guardian,...

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PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIP:

complaint for dissolution of partnership by one of three partners,
praying for an accounting, injunction, &c., ...

218

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for account of partnership dealing, after dissolution praying in-
junction, &c., .

221

same, and for receiver, by administratrix of deceased partner,
against survivor,......

223

to dissolve a copartnership or joint ownership in a freighting
vessel, praying accounting and sale of joint property, receiver,
&c.,...

230

362

complaint by one firm against another on a draft,

by firm in which there is a dormant partner, for goods sold, 368

PAYMENT:

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made to plaintiff, not necessary to be set forth in complaint,...
answer of,.

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statute forms in action for, not abrogated by Code,.

443

444

PEOPLE:

complaint by Attorney-General, in name of, against a company
assuming to exercise corporate powers,.

311

by people, against a person unlawfully exercising duties of public
office,...

315

by people, as "trustee of express trust, on an administration
bond,.

405

PLEDGE:

complaint to have pledged goods re-delivered,.....

.... 300

302

for sale of goods pledged, or on which plaintiff has a lien, pray-
ing an accounting,..

PUBLIC OFFICE AND OFFICER:

395

complaint against person unlawfully exercising duties of,....... 315
by commissioners of highways for damages to highway,
in what cases may sue and how described in complaint, 395-396
prayer in complaint by commissioners of highway, for injunction
against railroad company to restrain it from digging in highway, 398

RAILROAD COMPANY:

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complaint against, to remove track in city,..

26

prayer for injunction to restrain laying track in city,..

135

for specific performance of covenants in a deed to construct cross-
ings, &c.,

78

to compel performance of legal obligation to construct bridge,
crossings, &c., arising from statute,..

81

for damages against, for injury to highway,.
for injunction to prevent injury to highway,.

395

398

for damages against, by husband and wife, for injury to the wife's

person,

481

for damages occasioned by its neglect to erect and maintain suit-
able fences and cattle-guards,.

497

for wrongfully ejecting a passenger from its cars,.

498

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