Master pleading rules with this annotated guide to Code Pleading from Sunderland’s Cases on Procedure.
This book compiles essential guidance on how to plead, respond, and argue in civil cases. It highlights the way different jurisdictions shape the rules for answers, defenses, counter-claims, and set-offs, helping readers understand practical procedures in real cases.
- Learn how an answer should deny, admit, or deny with knowledge and refer to new matter.
- See how counter-claims, set-offs, and cross-petitions are structured and justified across states.
- Explore how multiple grounds of defense and multiple causes of action are organized in separate, numbered paragraphs.
- Get a sense of the scope of pleading norms in a multi-volume reference used by students and professionals.
Ideal for readers who study or practice civil procedure and want a clear, case-based view of how pleadings work in theory and in practice.