W.R.C.P.Ch.C. 9

(a) Capacity or Authority to Sue; Legal Existence.

(1) In General. Except when required to show that the chancery court has

jurisdiction, a pleading need not allege:

(A) a party’s capacity to sue or be sued;

(B) a party’s authority to sue or be sued in a representative capacity; or

(C) the legal existence of an organized association of persons that is

made a party.

(2) Raising Those Issues. To raise any of those issues, a party must do so

by a specific denial, which must state any supporting facts that are

peculiarly within the party’s knowledge.

(b) Fraud or Mistake; Conditions of Mind. In alleging fraud or mistake, a

party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or

mistake. Malice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person’s mind

may be alleged generally.

(c) Conditions Precedent. In pleading conditions precedent, it suffices to

allege generally that all conditions precedent have occurred or been performed.

But when denying that a condition precedent has occurred or been performed,

a party must do so with particularity.

(d) Official Document or Act. In pleading an official document or official act,

it suffices to allege that the document was legally issued or the act legally done.

(e) Judgment. In pleading a judgment or decision of a domestic or foreign

court, a judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal, or a board or officer, it suffices to

plead the judgment or decision without showing jurisdiction to render it.

(f) Time and Place. An allegation of time or place is material when testing

the sufficiency of a pleading.

(g) Special Damages. If an item of special damage is claimed, it must be

specifically stated.

(h) Municipal ordinance. In pleading a municipal ordinance or a right

derived therefrom, it shall be sufficient to refer to such ordinance by its title or

other applicable designation and the name of the municipality which adopted

the same.