ARTICLE 2. Denials and Defenses

Article 2 added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.

§§ 431.10–431.70 · 6 sections

• § 431.10 (a) A material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense and which could not be stricken from the pleading without leaving it…
• § 431.20 (a) Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, shall, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true. (b)…
• § 431.30 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Complaint” includes a cross-complaint. (2) “Defendant” includes a person filing an answer to a cross-complaint. (b) The…
• § 431.40 (a) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in any action in which the demand, exclusive of interest, or the value of the property in controversy…
• § 431.50 In an action to recover upon a contract of insurance wherein the defendant claims exemption from liability upon the ground that, although the proximate cause…
• § 431.70 Where cross-demands for money have existed between persons at any point in time when neither demand was barred by the statute of limitations, and an action is…