Cross-Complaint
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
This is allowed when a defendant has a cause of action against a co-defendant, or a person not a party to the action, and affecting the subject-matter of the action. The only real difference between a complaint and a crosscomplaint, is, that the first is filed by the plaintiff and the second by the defendant. Both contain a statement of the facts, and such demands affirmative relief upon the facts stated. The difference betwe counter-claim and a cross-complaint is that in the former the defendant's cause of action is against the plaintiff; and the latter, against a co-defendant, or one not a party to the action; White v. Reagan, 32 Ark. 290.