· 7/15/1970
Rigo Manufacturing Company v. Thomas
Citations
- 458 S.W.2d 180
- 13 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 461
- 1970 Tex. LEXIS 216
How courts have described this case
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- holding that plaintiff must continuously exercise due diligence in obtaining service over an individual in order to toll the statute of limitations
- holding lack of diligence existed as matter of law when respondents waited seventeen months after learning of improper service to correct it
- holding lack of diligence existed as matter of law when respondents waited seventeen months after learning of improper service to correct it
- requiring diligence in procuring the issuance and service of citation to toll the running of a statute of limitation
- requiring diligence in procuring the issuance and service of citation to toll the running of a statute of limitation
- requiring diligence “even though ... [the] applicable special statute ... does not require that a suit be both ‘commenced’ and ‘prosecuted’ within the limitation period, but only that the suit be ‘brought’ within the period”
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Judges: Calvert
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