Fill and Sign the Complaint Open Account Form

IN THE ______________________________ COURT OF ______________________________________ (County), ________________________________________________ (State) _________________________________________________ PLAINTIFF (Name of Plaintiff) V. CAUSE NO. _______,________ _________________________________________________ DEFENDANT (Name of Defendant) ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES Comes now ___________________________________________________ (Name of Defendant), Defendant herein, and submits his answer and affirmative defenses to the allegations contained in the Complaint filed against him herein. FIRST DEFENSE Defendant would show that the Complaint fails to state a claim or cause of action against him upon which any relief can be granted. SECOND DEFENSE And now, answering the allegations of the Complaint filed against him, paragraph by paragraph, Defendant would show the following: I. Defendant admits the allegations of Paragraph I of the Complaint [e.g. that Defendant is an adult resident citizen of (street address, city, county, state, zip code)] __________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ___ . II. Defendant admits the allegations of Paragraph II of the Complaint [e.g. that Plaintiff is an adult resident citizen of (street address, city, county, state, zip code)] __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________. III. Defendant denies the allegations of Paragraph III of the Complaint, but would show that sometime shortly before ____________________________________________________ (date) , Defendant entered into an oral agreement with Plaintiff to manufacture up to (e.g., quantity and description of goods) ___________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ , hereinafter called Goods. IV. Defendant admits that (quote part of paragraph that is true) ____ ________ __________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ___ , but Defendant denies the remaining allegations of Paragraph IV of the Complaint. Defendant would show that while Plaintiff did object to the quality of the first shipment or mailing of the Goods, D efendant at Defendant's own expense, promptly replaced and reshipped and/or re-mailed Goods that conformed to said contract and did complete and deliver the balance of the orders as instructed by Plaintiff without further objection of any kind. By such actions on Defendant's part, any alleged nonconformity of any of the Goods was cured. WHEREFORE, now having fully answered said Complaint, Defendant requests that said Complaint be dismissed with prejudice and that Defendant be awarded costs of this suit from Plaintiff. Respectfully submitted, __________________________________________ (Name of Defendant) By: ______________________________________ (Printed Name of Attorney for Defendant) __________________________________________ (Signature of Attorney) State Bar No. _______________ One of His Attorneys OF COUNSEL: ___________________________________________ (Name of Defendant’s Attorney) Post Office Box ___________-_____________ ____________________________________________________________________ (City, State, Zip Code) Telephone: _________-_________-____________ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, ___________________________________________________ (Name of Defendant’s Attorney) , do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Answer and Affirmative Defenses has been sent, via first class mail, postage prepaid, to ___________________________________________________________ (Name of Plaintiff’s Attorney) at ___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code). So certified, this the _____ day of ___________________________________, 20_____. By: ________________________________ (Printed Name of Attorney for Defendant) ____________________________________ (Signature of Attorney)