Common Counts
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Certain general counts or forins inserted in a declaration in an action to recover a money debt, not founded on the circumstances of the individual case, bub intended to guard against a possible variance, and to enable the plaintiff to take alvantage of any ground of liability which the proof may disclose, within the general scope of the action. In theaction of assumpsif, these counts are as follows: For goods sold and delivered, or bargained and sold; for work dene; for money lent; for money paid; for money received to the use of the plaintiff; for interest; or for money dus on an account stated.