Form 16. ANSWER PRESENTING DEFENSESUNDER RULE 12(b)
FIRST DEFENSE
The complaint fails to state a claim against defendant upon which relief can be granted.
SECOND DEFENSE
If defendant is indebted to plaintiffs for the goods mentioned in the complaint, the defendant is indebted to them jointly with G.H. G.H. is alive; is a citizen and resident of the State of Montana; is subject to the jurisdiction of this court, as to both service of process and venue; can be made a party, but has not been made one.
THIRD DEFENSE
Defendant admits the allegation(s) contained in paragraph(s) .... of the complaint; alleges a lack of knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in paragraph(s) .... of the complaint; and denies each and every other allegation contained in the complaint.
FOURTH DEFENSE
The right of action set forth in the complaint did not accrue within .... years next before the commencement of this action, and is therefore barred by the provisions of section (setting forth the particular section or subsection applicable thereto).
COUNTERCLAIM
(Here set forth any claim as a counterclaim in the manner in which a claim is pleaded in a complaint.)
CROSS-CLAIM AGAINST DEFENDANT M.N.
(Here set forth the claim constituting a cross-claim against defendant M.N. in the manner in which a claim is pleaded in a complaint.)
History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 13, L. 1961; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. May 1, 1990, eff. May 1, 1990.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 20. Rules of Civil Procedure
Form 1. SUMMONS -- OFFICIAL FORM
Form 2. COMPLAINT ON A PROMISSORY NOTE
Form 3. COMPLAINT ON AN ACCOUNT
Form 4. COMPLAINT FOR GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED
Form 5. COMPLAINT FOR MONEY LENT
Form 6. COMPLAINT FOR MONEY PAID BY MISTAKE
Form 7. COMPLAINT FOR MONEY HAD AND RECEIVED
Form 8. COMPLAINT FOR NEGLIGENCE
Form 10. COMPLAINT FOR CONVERSION
Form 11. COMPLAINT FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT TO CONVEY LAND
Form 12. COMPLAINT ON CLAIM FOR DEBT AND TO SET ASIDE FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE UNDER RULE 18(b)
Form 13. COMPLAINT FOR NEGLIGENCE UNDER FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT (45 U.S.C.A., 51-58)
Form 14. COMPLAINT FOR INTERPLEADER AND DECLARATORY RELIEF
Form 16. ANSWER PRESENTING DEFENSES UNDER RULE 12(b)
Form 17. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT SET FORTH IN FORM 7, WITH COUNTERCLAIM FOR INTERPLEADER
Form 18-A. NOTICE OF A LAWSUIT AND REQUEST TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND
Form 18-B. Acknowledgment and Waiver of Service of a Summons
Form 19. MOTION TO INTERVENE AS A DEFENDANT UNDER RULE 24
Form 20. MOTION FOR PRODUCTION, ETC., UNDER RULE 34
Form 21. REQUEST FOR ADMISSION UNDER RULE 36