Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Rule 315 - Claim by DefendantA. 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.The provisions of this Rule 315 amended through January 29, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 361; amended April 25, 1979, effective 5/25/1979, 9 Pa.B. 1499; amended December 15, 2000, effective 1/1/2001, 30 Pa.B. 6882; amended April 5, 2002, effective 1/17/2003, 32 Pa.B. 2199; amended June 1, 2006, effective 10/1/2006, 36 Pa.B. 2955.