CIVIL PROCEDURE

Minors, 803.01 (3)

Misjoinder, not grounds for dismissal, 803.06

Plaintiff, defined, 801.03

Probate actions, see Probate

Public officer, death or separation from office, successor substituted, 803.10 (4)

Quo warranto actions, 784.03

  Several defendants joined, 784.12

Real party in interest, 803.01 (1)

Real property actions:

  Declaration of interest, 841.03

  Ejectment, necessary defendant, 843.05, 843.06

  Foreclosure, adding defendant after judgment, 846.09

  In rem and in personam may be joined, 840.05

  Interference with property; nuisance, 844.15, 844.17, 844.18

  Necessary party missing, action not to be dismissed, 840.06

  Partitions:

  Defendants, 842.04

  Plaintiffs, 842.02

  State, as party defendant in declaration of interests, 775.10

Representatives, 803.01 (2)

Right to prosecute or defend, I, 9; I, 21

Separate trials, 803.04 (4)

Stockholders, officers, etc. as defendants, with or without corporation, 776.18

Substitution of parties, 803.10

Third party practice, 803.05

Transfer of interest, action may be continued by or against original party, 803.10 (3)

Unknown defendants, 807.12

Who may be, 803.01

Wrongful death action, 895.04

civil procedure 8. pleadings generally 8. Pleadings Generally

Amendment, 802.09

  Foreclosure, after judgment, 846.09

Answer:  
See also Defenses

  Contents, 802.02, 802.04

  Special matters; capacity, fraud, conditions precedent, etc., 802.03

  Small claims actions, 799.20

  Evictions, 799.42

  Time to serve, 802.06 (1)

Borrowing from court, 807.08

Claims, party may join all, 803.02

Complaint:

  Contents, 802.02, 802.04

  Special matters; capacity, fraud, conditions precedent, etc., 802.03

  Filing; required to commence action, 801.02

  Municipal ordinance violation cases, 800.02, 800.025

  Forfeiture recovery, 778.10

  Small claims, 799.06 (3)

  Eviction, 799.41

  Third party complaint, 803.05

Construction of, 802.02 (6)

Contents, generally, 802.02, 802.04

Copies used if original lost, withheld, 807.06

Counterclaim and cross claim:  
Generally 802.07

  Consumer credit transactions, 425.307 (2)

  Reply to, time to serve, 802.06 (1)

  Separate trials, 805.05 (2)

  Small claims actions, 799.02

Defenses:  
See also Defenses

  Affirmative, 802.02 (3)

  Denial, failure to make is admission, 802.02 (4)

  Denials, form of, 802.02 (2)

  Statute of limitations:  
See also Statute of Limitations

  How raised, 893.01

  When and how presented, 802.06

Errors, harmless, 805.18

Exhibits, 802.04 (3)

Filing, 801.14, 801.16

Form, 802.04

  Language, abbreviations, numbers, etc., 757.18

  Size, 801.145

General rules, 802.01, 802.02

Motions, see Civil Procedure - 6. Motions

Nonjoinder of persons, pleading reasons for, 803.03 (4)

Rules of pleading, generally, 802.01 to 802.09

Service, 801.10 to 801.14  
See also Service of Process and Papers

Settlement, offer of, 807.01

Signatures, 802.05

Simulating, criminal penalty, 946.68

Size, 801.145

Small claims actions, generally, 799.06  
See also Small Claims Actions

  Evictions, 799.40 to 799.43

Special matters, 802.03

Summons, generally:

  Contents, 801.09

  Filing with court; commences action, 801.02

  Form, 801.095

  Municipal ordinance violation cases, form, 800.02, 800.095

  Service, 801.10 to 801.14  
For detailed analysis, see Service of Process and Papers

  In rem or quasi in rem, 801.12