Legal Opinion
Christopher J. Weiland v. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 2015No. 13-14396PublishedCited by 2,498 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
Nearly one hundred and thirty years ago, one of Georgia’s greatest judges described the ideal in pleading:
Pleading is pure statement; just as much as a letter addressed to your sweetheart or your wife or your friend. The plaintiff complains that he has such a case, and he tells you what it is. The defendant says either that that is not so, or something else is so, and he makes his statement.. The true rule ought to be this: the statement ought to consist precisely of what has to be [proven]. It ought not to fall short, or go beyond. If it goes beyond, it has surplusage…
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