Supreme Court Rules - Rule 55 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Pleadings, Motions, and Hearings: Particularity Required in All Averments of Fraud or Mistake

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		Section/Rule:	55.15
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:	Particularity Required in All Averments of Fraud or Mistake	Revised / Effective Date:	September 1, 1973

55.15. Particularity Required in All Averments of Fraud or Mistake

In all averments of fraud or mistake, the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake shall be stated with particularity. Malice, intent, knowledge and any other condition of mind of a person may be averred generally.

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

Committee Note - 1974

This is the same as prior

Rule 55.17

Compare:

Rule

9(b)

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.