by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania
If a claimant has filed a claim and does not file a complaint, the prothonotary, upon praecipe of an owner, shall enter a rule as of course upon the claimant to file a complaint within twenty days after service of the rule, or be forever barred from so doing. If the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania
A set-off arising from the same transaction or occurrence upon which the claim is based may be pleaded as new matter. No counterclaim may be asserted.231 Pa. Code § 1658
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania
No other cause of action may be joined with an action to obtain judgment on a claim except that where the improvement is located in more than one county and claims have been filed in more than one of said counties the plaintiff may join the claims in a single...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania
(a) The plaintiff shall set forth in the complaint(1) the name and address of each party to the action and, if the action is commenced by a subcontractor, the name and address of the contractor;(2) the date of the filing of the claim; and(3) a demand for judgment. (b)...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania
231 Pa. Code § 1655
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania
(a) The plaintiff shall name as defendant the owner named in the claim and the owner, if known, at the time the action is commenced.(b) If the last owner of record prior to the commencement of the action has died, the plaintiff shall name as a defendant the personal...
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