· 6/1/1923
Matney v. Ratliff
Citations
- 199 Ky. 508
- 251 S.W. 634
- 1923 Ky. LEXIS 871
How courts have described this case
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- holding dismissal of all class claims without leave to replead left plaintiffs with no reason to expect their class action \would rise from the dead\
- finding claims untimely where “the conduct alleged . . . appears to have postdated all of the conduct on which the class case was based”
- “[I]n ascertaining the governing statute of limitations, courts look beyond the form and to the substance of the sought- after remedy.”
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Judges: Clarke
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