Pennsylvania Code
Title 246 - MINOR COURT CIVIL RULES
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 300 - CIVIL ACTION
Rule 315 - Claim by Defendant

Universal Citation: 246 PA Code ยง 315

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

A. The defendant, by filing a complaint at least five days before the date set for the hearing, may assert in the case any claim against the plantiff that is within the jurisdiction of a magisterial district judge. Such a claim need not arise from the same transaction or occurrence from which the plaintiff's claim arose, nor need it be the same type of claim.

B. The rules governing the form, processing, and service of a plaintiff's complaint shall apply also to the defendant's complaint. The magisterial district judge shall set a date and time for the consolidated hearing of both complaints that shall not be less than 12 or more than 30 days from the filing of the defendant's complaint. The magisterial district court shall promptly notify the parties of the date and time set for the consolidated hearing of both complaints.

C. A money judgment for the plaintiff or for the defendant, but not for both, shall be entered with respect to such cross-complaints, any lesser amount found due on the claim asserted in one being deducted from the greater amount found due on the claim asserted in the other.

D. Rescinded.

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