History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 288; G.L. 1909, ch. 288, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 338, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 520, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-6-10; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 15, effective January 10, 1966. For practice after such date in pleading payment or other affirmative defenses in the superior and district courts, see Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. Rule 8(c) and Dist. Ct. R. Civ. P. Rule 8(c).