Lane v. Sayre Water Co.

Citations

• 220 Pa. 599
• 69 A. 1126
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 823

Syllabus

<p>Practice, C. P. — Amendment—Trespass—Malicious seizure of goods— Abuse of civil process — Statement of claim.</p> <p>A statement of claim in an action of trespass averring a malicious seizure of goods by unlawful process cannot be amended after the expiration of six years from the time the cause of action accrued, so as to aver an abuse of civil process by an excessive seizure of goods.</p> <p>A new cause of action cannot be introduced, or new parties brought in, or a new subject-matter presented, or a fatal and material defect in the pleadings be corrected after the statute of limitations has become a bar.</p>