In what circumstances will pleadings disclose what is to be tried?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dhieux v. Potter, 2013 ONSC 7881 (CanLII):
In Duryea v. Kaufman (1910), 21. O.L.R. 165 (H.C.J.), Riddell J. stated at page 168: ...The pleadings must disclose what is to be tried[;] every pleader is at liberty to allege any fact which would be allowed to be proved, but only such facts...
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