CHAPTER 1. The Pleadings in General

Chapter 1 enacted 1872.

§§ 420–422.40 · 5 sections

• § 420 The pleadings are the formal allegations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses, for the judgment of the Court.
• § 421 The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is to be determined, are those prescribed in this Code.
• § 422.10 The pleadings allowed in civil actions are complaints, demurrers, answers, and cross-complaints.
• § 422.30 (a) Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth: (1) The name of the court and county in which the action is brought. (2) The title of the action. (b)…
• § 422.40 In the complaint, the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties; but, except as otherwise provided by statute or rule of the Judicial…