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446 Pleadings—denial of contract
(1) This rule applies if a contract is alleged by a party in a pleading.
(2) A bare denial of the contract by the opposite party is taken only as a
denial in fact of the express contract alleged or of the matters of fact
from which the contract may be implied by law, and not as a denial
of the legality or sufficiency in law of the contract.
contract includes promise and agreement.