ART. 64. ] PROCEEDINGS IN ACTIONS AT LAW. 601
Statement of Causes of Action on Contracts.
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The following statements of causes of actions for the common
counts shall be sufficient, and the plaintiff may include two or more
of them in one count; but, after the statement of the first cause of
action, each subsequent statement should begin with the words
" and for. "
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Statement of
cause of action
on contract
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1st. ———— county, ss: A B, by S T, his attorney, sues C. D.
for goods sold by the plaintiff to the defendant, and the plaintiff
claims therefor the sum of $ ————.
S. T., Plaintiff's Attorney.
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Common
counts
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2d. Money payable by the defendant to the plaintiff for (these
words, "money payable, " etc, should precede money counts, like
the 1st to the 13th inclusive, but need only be inserted in the first)
goods bargained and sold by the plaintiff to the defendant.
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same.
34 Md 98
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3d. Work done and materials provided by the plaintiff for the
defendant at his request.
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Same
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4th. Money lent by the plaintiff to the defendant.
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Same
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5th. Money paid by the plaintiff for the defendant at his request.
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same.
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6th. Money received by the defendant for the use of the plaintiff.
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Same
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7th. Money found to be due from, the defendant to the plaintiff on
accounts stated between them.
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same.
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8th. A messuage and lands sold and conveyed by the plaintiff to
the defendant.
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Lands sold
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9th The goodwill of a business of the plaintiff sold and given up
by the plaintiff to the defendant
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Good will of
business
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10th. The defendant's use, by the plaintiff's permission, of mes-
suages and lands of the plaintiff
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Use of lands
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11th. The hire of (as the case may be), by the plaintiff let to hire
to the defendant.
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Hire.
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12th. Freight for the conveyance by the plaintiff for the defendant
at his request of goods in ships.
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Freight
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13th. The demurrage of a ship of the plaintiff kept on demur-
rage by the defendant.
The following forms, with the commencement and conclusion
before stated, shall be sufficient:
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Demurrage
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14th. That the defendant, on the —— day of ————, by his prom-
issory note, now overdue, promised to pay to the plaintiff $ ————
(sixty days) after date, but did not pay the same.
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Promissory
notes, maker
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15th. That one A. on, etc. (date), by his promissory note, now
overdue, promised to pay to the defendant, or order, $ —— (sixty
days) after date; and the defendant indorsed the same to the plain-
tiff; and the said note was duly presented for payment and was
dishonored, whereof the defendant had due notice, but did not pay
the same.
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Indorser.
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16th. That the plaintiff, on, etc. (date), by his bill of exchange,
now overdue, directed to the defendants, required the defendant to
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Bill of
exchange.
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