 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1872 - 752 sider
...detense, counter claim or set off, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition." " Fourth. The defendant may set forth in his answer as • many grounds of defense, counter-claim, and set off, whether legal or equitable, as he shall have. Each shall be distinctly stated in a separate... | |
 | 1848 - 718 sider
...repetition, and in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defence a* he may have. They are to be separately stated and may refer to the causes of action which... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1851 - 452 sider
...in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended. (§ 129.) The Defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defence as he shall have. They shall be separately stated, and may refer to the cause of action, which... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 548 sider
...constituting a defense, counter-claim, or set-off, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition. 4. The defendant may set forth in his answer as many...set-off, whether legal or equitable, as he shall have. Each shall be distinctly stated in a separate paragraph, and numbered. The several defenses must refer... | |
 | Kentucky - 1851 - 544 sider
...constituting a defense, counter-claim, or set-off, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition. 4. The defendant may set forth in his answer as many...set-off, whether legal or equitable, as he shall have. Each shall be distinctly stated in a separate paragraph, and numbered. The several defenses must rei'er... | |
 | District of Columbia - 1857 - 788 sider
...new matter constituting a defence, counter-claim or set-off, without unnecessary repetition. SEC. 12. The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defence, counter-claim, or set-off, as he may have, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated... | |
 | 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 - 1859 - 654 sider
...because the paragraph, while containing them, violated the third subdivision of § 56, 2 RS p. 39, which provides that, " The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defense, &c., as he shall have. Each shall be distinctly stated in a separate paragraph, and numbered, and clearly... | |
 | Colorado, Jefferson Territory - 1860 - 312 sider
...and concise language and without repetition. Grounds of defence to be set forth in answer. SEC. 209. The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defence as he may have. Each must be separately stated and numbered, and they must contain a denial... | |
 | 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 - 1862 - 622 sider
...would not have been allowed as a set-off. 1 Vansantvoord's PI. 552. But the statutory rule now if?, that "The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defense, counter claim, and set-off, whether legal or equitable, as he shall have." 2 RS, § 56, p. 39. And... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1865 - 680 sider
...ordinary action. In this view the District Court was in error. The Revision, § 2880, subdivision six, provides that " the defendant may set forth in his answer as many causes of defense, set-off, counterclaim, or cross-demand, whether legal or equitabk, as he may have."... | |
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The defendant may set forth in his answer as many grounds of defense, counter-claim, and set-off, whether legal or equitable, as he shall have. 
