In alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake. A special exception shall not only point out the particular pleading excepted to, but it shall also point out intelligibly and with particularity the defect.This article provides strategies and references for drafting pleadings and other court documents when you cannot find the right form. (a) The county clerk-s file for a particular case may contain a combination of electronically-filed documents and traditionally-filed documents. An original pleading which sets forth a claim for relief, whether an original petition, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third party claim, shall contain This article provides strategies and references for drafting pleadings and other court documents when you cannot find the right form. Rule 9(a), which abolishes any requirement that the pleadings aver the legal existence of a party or the capacity or authority of a party to sue or be sued. Sec. 10.001. SIGNING OF PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS. A court cannot impose a higher standard of pleading for a certain claim than what the Rules of Civil Procedure generally provide.