Order of Proceeding On Trial

The trial must proceed in the following order, unless the judge, for special reasons, otherwise directs:

(a)The plaintiff, after stating the issue and his case, must produce the evidence on his part;

(b)The defendant may then open his defense, and offer his evidence in support thereof;

(c)The parties may then respectively offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court, for good reason, in furtherance of justice, permits them to offer evidence upon their original case;

(d)When the evidence is concluded, unless the case is submitted to the court on either side or on both sides without argument, the plaintiff must commence and may conclude the argument;

(e)If several defendants, having separate defenses, appear by different counsel, the court must determine their relative order in evidence and argument.