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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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