Hensley v. Tartar

Citations

• 14 Cal. 508

Syllabus

<p>Wheke a complaint is verified, an answer denying “generally and specifically each and every material allegation in the complaint, the same as if such allegation were herein recapitulated,” and also denying each allegation in the same form, with certain qualifications and exceptions, does not raise an issue upon any fact stated in the complaint.</p> <p>A sworn answer must be consistent in itself, and must not deny in one sentence, what it admits to be true in the next.</p> <p>Query, whether this rule does not also apply to pleadings not verified.</p> <p>The legal effect of general denials, as in this case, is not changed by expressions showing that they were intended to be specific.</p>