Jewett City Trust Co. v. Gray

The plaintiff commenced this action to recover the balance due on a promissory note because of an alleged default in monthly payments. The named defendant filed an answer and a counterclaim, by way of recoupment, claiming twice the finance charge for failure to disclose address and telephone numbers relating to billing errors, information required under the Truth-in-Lending Act.1 The plaintiff demurred to the counterclaim for the reason that the counterclaim was brought more than one year from the date of the occurrence of the alleged violation of the Truth-in-Lending Act, which fact is…