Fagan v. Strong

Section 481 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that the complaint must contain, among other things, a plain and concise statement of the facts constituting each cause of action, without unnecessary repetition. The existence of a statute of another state is a fact which must be pleaded and proved, and it must appear that under the statute, if proven, a good cause of action exists in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. Thompson v. Ketcham, 8 Johns. 146. Pomeroy v. Ainsworth, 22 Barb. 118; Dollfus v. Frosch, 1 Denio, 367; Monroe v. Douglass, 5 N. Y 447. And there is no presumption…