BRYAN HOWARD v. MONNESIA ATCHISON

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• holding that the original nominal plaintiff's lack of capacity to sue did not render suit a nullity, and it did not bar application of relation- back doctrine to permit substitution of new nominal plaintiff outside imitations period
• “The primary purpose of a statute of limitations is to compel the exercise of a right of action within a reasonable time so that the opposing party has a fair opportunity to defend.”

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