Act No. 1627 Section 10

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Section 10

SEC. 10. Answer.—The defendant may interpose any lawful defense orally or in writing, but if on appeal it does not otherwise appear, he shall be considered as having interposed a general denial only. A set-off, counterclaim, or reconvention for an amount within the justice's jurisdiction may also be interposed but must be in writing,and, if requested by the defendant, the justice" shall reduce , the same V> writing. The first sentence of section fifty-six of Act "Numbered One hundred and ninety is hereby repealed.

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