Excerpt from Hand-Book of the Rules of Pleading for New York State: A Compendium of the Rules of Practice in Pleading, as Settled by the Latest Decisions of the Courts Each class of actions has its peculiar rules of pleading. It is not enough to know the general principles which are to be applied. It is necessary to know, also, how they are to be applied and limited in the particular action. Such special rules, though less artificial and technical than formerly, have become, under the new procedure, more numerous and important than ever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.