53 A. 953 THE NEW IDEA PATTERN COMPANY vs. MATTHEW V. WHELAN. Supreme Court of Connecticut First Judicial District, Hartford, January Term, 1903. TORRANCE, C. J., BALDWIN, HAMERSLEY, HALL and PRENTICE, Js. A counterclaim, when pleaded in an answer, must be pleaded as such, and after the matters of strict defense. A mere claim for […]