Rule 1031 Counterclaim
Chapter 1000: Actions
Rule Text
(a) The defendant may set forth in the answer under the heading ‘‘Counterclaim’’ any cause of action cognizable in a civil action which the defendant has against the plaintiff at the time of filing the answer.
(b) A counterclaim need not diminish or defeat the relief demanded by the plaintiff. It may demand relief exceeding in amount or different in kind from that demanded by the plaintiff.
Amendment history: The provisions of Rule 1031 adopted June 25, 1946, effective January 1, 1947; amended December 16, 1983, effective July 1, 1984, 13 Pa.B. 3999; amended April 12, 1999, effective July 1, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 2266; amended December 16, 2003, effective July 1, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 9; amended March 23, 2007, effective June 1, 2007, 37 Pa.B. 1480. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (315131).