 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1851 - 530 strani
...note. This simple form of declaring is abolished by the code, and as a substitute, the complaint must contain a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common... | |
 | Henry Whittaker - 1852 - 900 strani
...down in Glenny v. Htichins, 4 How. 98, in the following words — " Now, the complaint is good if it contain a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action in ordinary language. A detail of the evidence of facts on the one hand, and legal inferences on the other,... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1856 - 798 strani
...by the rules prescribed by that act. The 2d sub-section of section 49, provides that the complaint shall contain "a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in plain and concise language, without repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - 1870 - 982 strani
...to be determined are prescribed by the practice act. ( Vide Practice Act, § 37.) The complaint must contain " a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action in ordinary and concise language," and it may be verified by the oath of the party, in which case the... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1910 - 648 strani
...instruments of this character unauthorized, but it is forbidden by the familiar rules that a petition should contain "a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language," and that evidence should not be pleaded. These instruments, not being... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1875 - 692 strani
...premises sued for, and that this is insufficient, because the statute declares that "the complaint shall contain a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action. in ordinary and concise language." We decide that the statute is only declaratory of the requisition at... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Common Pleas (City and County of New York) - 1876 - 624 strani
...interest. The rule of pleading established by the Code of 1843, § 120, for a complaint was, that it should contain "a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and in such manuer as to enable a person of common... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1877 - 518 strani
...entitle the relator to the relief which he seeks. Section 39 of the act declares that the complaint shall contain "a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language." This provision of the act is uniformly construed by the courts to mean... | |
 | Morris March Estee - 1878 - 648 strani
...231; Gould's PI. 4; 2 Till. & Shear. 8. The California Code, section 426, provides that the complaint shall contain "a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action in ordinary and concise language." 103. It may be observed that, in erecting a building, the architect... | |
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' a statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary, and concise language, without repetition, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. 
