Vines v. Branch

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing a claim for trespass to chattels and its corresponding five-year statute of limitations
• “Where an amendment introduces a new cause of action ... the amended action will not relate back to the beginning of the action so as to toll the statute of limitation.”
• action for trespass to personal property for failure to return a car, on appeal held amended pleading adding claims of breach of oral contract to provide driving lessons asserted new cause of action which was time barred when filed
• conduct directed at property constitutes an injury to property
• “Where an amendment introduces a new cause of action and makes a new or different demand not introduced in the original motion for judgment, the amended action will not relate back to the beginning of the action so as to toll the statute of limitations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).