Legal Opinion
Stein v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 15, 2000No. 101, Sept. Term, 1999PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODOWSKY, Judge.
In this case we hold that the statute of limitations is not tolled by the filing of an action in the name of a corporation whose charter had been forfeited and never revived, asserting a claim that was not a corporate asset at the time of forfeiture. Consequently, an amendment naming the last and sole owner as plaintiff in lieu of the defunct corporation, after the statute had run, does not relate back to when the action was instituted.
This action was instituted on May 7, 1997, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. The complaint named Curtis Contractors, Inc. as the…
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