Rule text
If the defendant in an action for replevin claims title to the goods and chattels or relies upon the title of a third person or upon a special property, the answer shall set forth those facts. All claims by the defendant for a return of the goods and chattels, for their value or for damages, or for a statutory lien, shall be made by counterclaim.
Notes
Note: Source-R.R. 4:78-3; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994.