Cunningham v. Patterson

Citations

• 89 Kan. 684
• 132 P. 198
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 99

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>PLEADINGS — Death, in Another State — Statute Not Pleaded— Amendment Allowed — No New Cause of Action. A petition which alleges the death of the plaintiff’s husband to have been caused in another state by the negligence of the defendant, but fails to add that a statute of that state authorizes a recovery under the facts pleaded, may be amended by setting out the existence of such a statute; even after the expiration of the time within which an action thereunder is allowed to be brought.</p>