When the defendant pleads a counterclaim to the plaintiff's demand, to which the plaintiff replies the statute of limitations, the defendant is nevertheless entitled to his counterclaim, where it was a legal subsisting claim at the time the right of action accrued to the plaintiff on the claim in the action.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Procedure.
Section 6-8-81 - Debt or Liquidated Demand Due Comaker or Principal.
Section 6-8-82 - Exemptions - Wages of Head of Family.
Section 6-8-83 - Exemptions - Negotiated Commercial Paper.
Section 6-8-84 - Effect of Statute of Limitations.
Section 6-8-85 - Judgment for Defendant - Permissive Counterclaims.
Section 6-8-86 - Judgment for Defendant - Compulsory Counterclaims.