Rule 7(a). Pleadings. - Montana Statutes

     Rule 7(a). Pleadings. There shall be a complaint and an answer; and there shall be a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such; and an answer to a cross-claim; a third-party complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned under Rule 14; and there shall be a third-party answer, if a third-party complaint is served. No other pleading shall be allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a third-party answer.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 13, L. 1961.