Rule 7 Joinder of Claims and Counterclaims

A party to a summary repossession action may join claims and counterclaims for money judgment for damages attributable to wrongful entry, detainer or possession, for breach of the lease or contract under which the premises were held, or for waste or malicious destruction to the premises. However, it is within the court’s discretion to order separate summary disposition of the claim for possession, without prejudice to other claims or counterclaims. The other claims and counterclaims if raised in a summary repossession action can be heard by either the Trial Division or the Land and Titles Division of the High Court of American Samoa. HISTORY: Effective June 1, 2012