Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 2250 - JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS
Rule 2256 - Counterclaims
Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 2256
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) An original defendant who asserts against the plaintiff a counterclaim not founded upon the transaction, occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences out of which the original cause of action arose may not join an additional defendant.
(b) An additional defendant may not assert a counterclaim which is not founded upon the transaction, occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences out of which the original cause of action arose.
(c) Rescinded.
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