California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 8 — Of the Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions, Chapter 3 — Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements, Section 588

Issues arise upon the pleadings when a fact or a conclusion of law is maintained by the one party and is controverted by the other. They are of two kinds:

1. Of law; and,

2. Of fact.

Notes

Defines issues on the pleadings as arising when one party maintains a fact or conclusion of law and the other party disputes it. The provision classifies every such pleading issue into one of two kinds only: an issue of law or an issue of fact.

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