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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS 577-674›CHAPTER 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements 588-599

§ 590

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An issue of fact arises:

  1. Upon a material allegation in the complaint controverted by the answer; and,

  2. Upon new matters in the answer, except an issue of law is joined thereon.

(Enacted 1872.)

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