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Rule 53. Special Act or Law

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A pleading founded wholly or in part on any private or special act or law of this State or of the Republic of Texas need only recite the title thereof, the date of its approval, and set out in substance so much of such act or laws as may be pertinent to the cause of action or defense.

Source: Art. 2000, unchanged.

Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.