Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:
If it looks like a counterclaim, and reads like a counterclaim, and does the things counterclaims are supposed to do, it probably is a counterclaim. At least, it is under the facts of this lawsuit as they apply to the provisions of the Mechanics Lien Act (the Act).
The trial judge took a stricter view, holding that a general contractor who filed an answer seeking to enforce its lien, but did not file a document...
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