Estee's Pleadings, Practice and Forms: In Actions Both Legal and Equitable Under Codes of Civil Procedure. Forms in Actions ; in Special Proceedings ; in Provisional Remedies ; and of Affidavits, Notices, Etc., Etc, Volume 1

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Contents

Of what pleadings consist
114
No
120
Material averments
122
Mode of stating facts
129
PleadingsContinued PAGE What a demurrer admits
138
What a want of verification admits
139
Effect of admissions
140
Between pleadings and proof
141
CHAPTER II
144
Where some of the parties are unknown
146
By and against corporations
147
Title and commencement
148
Clerks certificate to copy of complaint
149
Answer
150
CommencementDefendant sued by a wrong name
151
By husband and wife
152
Caption of papers used in probate courts
153
Certificate of clerk to affidavit
155
Jurat where deponent is blind or illiterate
156
Verification by sole plaintiff or sole defendant
159
By one of several plaintiffs or defendants
160
By officer of corporation
161
Where the facts are within his personal knowledge
162
CHAPTER VII
165
Third subdivisionDemand for relief
199
FORM PAGE
209
Against corporation formed under act relative to roads
216
By a county
222
Individual creditor against individual stockholder
228
CHAPTER IV
234
CHAPTER V
242
Against a married woman as sole trader
249
FORM PAGE No 66 By guardian of an insane person
253
Against the same
254
CHAPTER VIII
255
Against partnersAverring partnership
258
CHAPTER IX
260
By sheriff suing in aid of attachment
261
For neglecting to return executions
263
For neglecting to pay over moneys
265
For false return
267
For seizing a vessel
268
For an escape
269
CHAPTER X
272
The sameAppointed in supplementary proceedings
276
The sameSetting out proceedings at length
277
By receiver of dissolved corporation
279
FORMS OF COMPLAINTS SUBDIVISION SECOND IN ACTIONS FOR DEBT CHAPTER I
282
By an assignee
284
On an account stated
285
For a general balance of account
287
Upon an account for services
288
FORM Account for ServicesContinued PAGE No 91 By carrier against consignor for freight
289
By editor for services
290
For services and materials furnished
291
CHAPTER II
292
On an award of an umpire
296
CHAPTER III
297
Upon compromise of action
298
On promise of third person to pay money to plaintiff
299
On a promise to pay for the surrender of a lease
300
For the purchasemoney of lands conveyed
301
CHAPTER IV
303
The same Short form
304
For goods sold and delivered at a fixed price
305
At a reasonable price
306
By assignee for stock fixtures and good will
307
For goods delivered to a third partyPrice fixed
308
For goods sold but not deliveredPrice fixed
309
On an agreement to be answerable for the price of goods sold
312
Against guarantor of mortgage for deficiency after foreclosure
313
On a guaranty of precedent debt
316
CHAPTER VI
318
Where plaintiff purchased the property after insurance
321
CHAPTER VII
334
Of an inferior tribunal
340
136
346
141
352
147
359
For money paid to a third party at defendants request
361
To recover back freight on failure of carriage
370
165
376
CHAPTER XIII
382
181
388
CHAPTER XIV
392
UPON WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF MONEY ONLY CHAPTER I
398
On a bond for the payment of money only
403
By surviving obligee on joint bond
404
Payee against acceptor
407
On bill not negotiated
409
Acceptor without funds against drawer
410
The sameCopartnership firm against copartnership firm
411
The sameBill payable at specific date
412
Partners payees against partners acceptors
413
Payee against acceptorShort form
414
Pleading the legal effect
415
Where drawer is also acceptor on bill drawn on himself
416
Payee against drawer and acceptor
417
IndorseeFirst indorsee against acceptor
418
Against first indorser
419
Against all prior parties
420
Against first indorser
421
Against all prior parties
422
FORM PAGE No 219 ChecksPayee against drawer
423
Indorsee or bearer against drawer
425
Against surviving maker
439
Against maker and indorser
440
IndorseeFirst indorsee against maker
441
Against first indorser
442
Against maker and first indorser
446
Against maker on note drawn to makers order
447
Against first indorser
448
Against all prior parties
449
By treasurer of unincorporated company on note payable to former treasurer
451
On a note payable on a contingency
452
On a note payable in chattels
453
On guarantiesAgainst maker and guarantor of note
454
FORMS OF COMPLAINTSSUBDIVISION FOURTH FOR DAMAGES ON BREACH OF CONTRACT CHAPTER I
457
Against builder for defective workmanship
461
COMPLAINTS ON CHARTER PARTIES FORM PAGE No 253 Owner against freighter for not loading
463
Charterer against owner for deviation from contract and aban donment of voyage
466
Ship owner against charterer for freight
467
CHAPTER III
468
The sameAnother form
471
By assignee of grantee against previous grantor
472
By devisee of covenantee against the same
473
Warranty as to quantity
474
The sameWhere deed expressed specific incumbrance
477
On a covenant of seisin or of power to convey
478
Grantees covenant to build
480
On covenant against nuisancesGrantor against grantee
481
On a continuing covenant to maintain a fence
482
Lessee against lessor for not keeping premises in repair
485
For not completing building according to agreement
486
CHAPTER IV
488
Where employment never took effect
489
By the master against father of apprentice
490
By the apprentice against the master
491
For refusal to accept manufactured goods
492
CHAPTER V
493
Against sureties on partners bond of indemnity
497
Surety against principal on indemnity against liability
498
Subtenant against immediate lessor
500
FORM PAGE No 285 For refusal to marry
502
For marriage with another
504
The same on contract made by broker
509
The same for not returning goods or paying for them in a reasonable time
510
The same for not giving security according to conditions of sale at auction
511
By manufacturer for goods made at defendants request and not accepted
513
For breach of promise by purchaser of good will not to carry on rival trade
514
Buyer against seller for not delivering goods sold
515
For not delivering within a specified time
516
Allegation of part payment
518
Against seller of stock for nondelivery
519
CHAPTER VIII
520
The same for damage for not executing conveyance
522
Vendor against purchaser for breach of agreement to purchase
523
The sameFor not fulfilling agreement and for deficiency on resale
524
Vendor against executor of purchaser
525
CHAPTER IX
526
For costs of appeal
529
For costs and damages on an arrest
531
For costs and damages on attachment
533
To procure discharge of an attachment
534
In claim and delivery
536
In injunction
538
On a bond or undertaking condition only set forth
539
FORM PAGE
540
CHAPTER X
548
On a warranty of a note
554
Assault and false imprisonment
560
The words not being libelous in themselves
569
FORM LibelContinued PAGE No 334 By a physician
573
Charge of dishonesty etc in business
574
Accusing plaintiff of perjury in his answer to a complaint
575
For a libel not directly accusing the plaintiff of larceny
576
For libel by signs
577
Words spoken in a foreign language
581
The words not being actionable in themselves
582
Respecting plaintiffs trade
583
Charging a criminal offense
585
Actionable language
586
SlanderFor words directly charging perjury
587
The same containing special inducements
588
CHAPTER IV
589
The same fuller form
593
For procuring plaintiff to be indicted
594
Where judgment of acquital was rendered
596
For malicious arrest in a civil action
597
CHAPTER V
599
Against common carriers for overturning stage coach
600
357
602
The sameBy car running off track
604
For injuries caused by negligence on a railroad in omit ting to give signal
605
By a steamboat explosion
606
For injuries to an engineer of a railroad company caused by a collision
607
Said company having used a condemned locomotive
609
By executor or administrator against a railroad company for injuries causing death
611
Against a municipal corporation for injuries caused by leav ing the street in an insecure state
614
For injuries caused by rubbish in the street whereby plaintiff was thrown from his carriage
617
Another form
618
For injuries caused by vicious dog
619
Against physician for maltreatment
620
Against surgeon for malpractice
621
CHAPTER VI
622
For criminal conversation
623
For debauching a daughter
624
For seduction of plaintiffs daughter or servant
626
For seduction by female seduced
627

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