Girardi v. Laquin Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 72, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 460, on verdict for defendant in case of Mary Girardi v. Laquin Lumber Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Fanning, P. J. From the record it appeared that suit was begun against the “Laquin Lumber Company, a corporation.”
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Appeal, No. 72, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 460, on verdict for defendant in case of Mary Girardi v. Laquin Lumber Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Fanning, P. J. From the record it appeared that suit was begun against the “Laquin Lumber Company, a corporation.” The cause of action arose on April 22,1908. In February, 1911, the plaintiff made the following motion: The plaintiff moves the court that the record in this case be amended in all particulars as it may be affected thereby by…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from an order discharging a rule to amend the record by making new parties defendants after the statute of limitations had become a bar to a new action. The action was brought against the Laquin Lumber Company, a corporation. The amendment proposed was to name as defendants a partnership, composed of six persons, trading as the Laquin Lumber Company. The allowance of the amendment would have brought new parties on the record. Under the rule established by our cases this cannot be done. Where the statute of limitations has run, amendments will not be allowed which…
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