Opinion ID: 1165332
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Heading: the prior pleadings

Text: Appellant next contends that the district court erred by refusing to take judicial notice of admissions in respondent Corrao's superseded complaint. The district court did err in concluding that factual allegations in superseded pleadings could not be used in evidence. See Peters v. Peters, 92 Nev. 687, 557 P.2d 713 (1976); Whittlesea Blue Cab Co. v. McIntosh, 86 Nev. 609, 472 P.2d 356 (1970); Las Vegas Network v. B. Shawcross, 80 Nev. 405, 395 P.2d 520 (1964); Annot., 52 A.L.R.2d 516 (1957). However, in the instant case, the admission in Corrao's complaint was an allegation in an alternative claim for relief that was inconsistent with the allegations in respondent's complaint against TWL. NRCP 8 provides for the assertion of alternative or inconsistent claims for relief. Inconsistent allegations in alternative claims cannot be used as admissions, for to do so would defeat the purposes of the liberal pleading provisions of NRCP 8 and render them a trap for the unwary. Auto Fair, Inc. v. Spiegelman, 92 Nev. 656, 658, 557 P.2d 273, 275 (1976); Continental Insurance Co. of New York v. Sherman, 439 F.2d 1294 (5th Cir.1971); Parrish v. Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co., 152 F. Supp. 158 (S.D.Cal. 1957); Sloan v. Stearns, 137 Cal. App.2d 289, 290 P.2d 382, 392 (1955). Therefore, while the district court may have reasoned incorrectly, the ruling was not in error and shall not be reversed. See NRCP 61; Ormachea v. Ormachea, 67 Nev. 273, 295, 217 P.2d 355 (1950). After examining the record in this case, we conclude that appellant's other assertions of error are without merit.