Practice question
The defendant admits the alleged loan for purposes of the defense but alleges it was fully paid, so recovery is barred. Which type of defense does Rule 6 identify?
- Only a negative defense denying that any loan ever existed
- An automatic counterclaim for damages
- A cross-claim against an absent stranger
- An affirmative defense of payment
- A complaint-in-intervention in every case
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 6, sections 2–3, 5, 7–8 and 10–11, pleadings, defenses, counterclaims, replies and third-party claims.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 6 unchanged sections 1, 4, 6 and 9, read with the 2019 amendments rather than superseded reply text.
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