Lehigh Navigation Coal Co. v. Keene Coal Co.

“All special pleas and brief statements shall be filed within sixty days from the commencement of the term when the action is entered . . . .” (Rule 17 of the Superior Court), and “No set-off shall be filed after ninety days from the entry of the action, except by leave of court and upon payment of costs . . . .” (Rule 22 of the Superior Court). 78 N. H. 691, 692. These rules are “consistent with the laws” (P. L., c. 316, s. 7; Carr v. Adams, 70 N. H. 622), and their enforcement rests in the sound discretion of the trial court. Corbett v. Norcross, 20 N. H. 366, 369; Noyes v. Edgerly, 71 N.…