Form 16.
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Form 16. ANSWER PRESENTING DEFENSES
UNDER RULE 12(b)
FIRST DEFENSE
The complaint fails to state a claim against defendant upon which relief can be granted.
SECOND DEFENSE
If defendant is indebted to plaintiffs for the goods mentioned in the complaint, the defendant is indebted to them jointly with G.H. G.H. is alive; is a citizen and resident of the State of Montana; is subject to the jurisdiction of this court, as to both service of process and venue; can be made a party, but has not been made one.
THIRD DEFENSE
Defendant admits the allegation(s) contained in paragraph(s) .... of the complaint; alleges a lack of knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in paragraph(s) .... of the complaint; and denies each and every other allegation contained in the complaint.
FOURTH DEFENSE
The right of action set forth in the complaint did not accrue within .... years next before the commencement of this action, and is therefore barred by the provisions of section (setting forth the particular section or subsection applicable thereto).
COUNTERCLAIM
(Here set forth any claim as a counterclaim in the manner in which a claim is pleaded in a complaint.)
CROSS-CLAIM AGAINST DEFENDANT M.N.
(Here set forth the claim constituting a cross-claim against defendant M.N. in the manner in which a claim is pleaded in a complaint.)