chapter 735 Illinois Code
5/2-603. Form of pleadings
§ 2-603. Form of pleadings. (a) All pleadings shall contain a plain and
concise statement of the pleader's cause of action, counterclaim, defense, or
reply.
(b) Each separate cause of action upon which a separate recovery might be had
shall be stated in a separate count or counterclaim, as the case may be and
each count, counterclaim, defense or reply, shall be separately pleaded, designated
and numbered, and each shall be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively,
each paragraph containing, as nearly as may be, a separate allegation.
(c) Pleadings shall be liberally construed with a view to doing substantial
justice between the parties.