Practice question
A plaintiff seeks a loan balance. The defendant separately counterclaims for damage allegedly caused to machinery. Does the loan plaintiff’s burden automatically include proving the machinery-damage counterclaim for the defendant?
- No; each affirmative claim carries its own necessary factual burden
- Yes; the first filer proves all opposing claims
- Yes; counterclaims are true without proof
- Only the size of the pleadings decides
- Only the defendant’s denial proves damage
Legal references
- AM19-08-15-SC, current Rule130 Section54; Rule131 Sections1–3,5–6; Rule133 Section1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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