Issues arise upon the pleadings when a fact or a conclusion of law is maintained by the one party and is controverted by the other. They are of two kinds:
1. Of law; and,
2. Of fact.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 588
Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements
Enacted 1872.
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