Horace Gray

“ The sufficiency and scope of pleadings, and the form and effect of verdicts, in actions at law, are matters in which the circuit courts of the United States are governed by the practice of the courts of the state in which they are held. ”

“ A general verdict is defined to be one 'by which the jury pronounce generally upon all or any of the issues.' Section 232. In the present action, brought by the trustee under an assignment from an insolvent corporation to recover an assessment upon its stock, the allegations concerning the defendant's subscription for shares, and his liability by reason of his contract of subscription, and of the assessment made thereon by a court of chancery, were contained in the second and seventh paragraphs of the complaint, and their truth was specifically denied in the first defense set up in the answer. ”