Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Pleadings — Parties and Court Bound by Pleadings; Unpleaded Facts Go to No Issue

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Courts and parties are bound by the pleadings. Unpleaded facts cannot support a judgment. The principle applies to civil procedure. Evidence on unpleaded facts goes to no issue.

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