Supreme Court Rules - Rule 55 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Pleadings, Motions, and Hearings: Averments, How Made

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		Section/Rule:	55.11
Subject:	Rule 55 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Pleadings, Motions, and Hearings	Publication / Adopted Date:	January 19, 1973
Topic:	Averments, How Made	Revised / Effective Date:	September 1, 1973

55.11. Averments, How Made

All averments of claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth.

(Adopted Jan. 19, 1973, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.)

Committee Note - 1974

This is the same as prior

Rule 55.13

Compare:

Rule

10(b)

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.