New York Supreme Court July 15, 1910 (People ex rel. Gantz-Wheeler Construction Co. v. Wheeler)

SUTHERLAND, J.

Section 2077 of the Code of Civil Procedure, referring to the return to an alternative writ of mandamus, provides that:

“For the purpose of the application, each complete statement of facts, assigning a cause why the command of the writ ought not to be obeyed, is regarded as a separate defense, and must be separately stated, and numbered.”

And section 2078 provides that.