{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-6-8-84","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 6-8-84","heading":"Effect of Statute of Limitations.","body":"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.","path":["Title 6 Civil Practice.","Chapter 8 Miscellaneous Procedure.","Article 5 Counterclaims."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=6-8-84","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"2414de7fa645ca4bc4a437406d9bc34619c9950db3f3108764e4f87f2d355f7f","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-6-8-83","next":"us-al/ala.-code-6-8-85"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}