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Abstract
Plaintiff's cause of action arose out of a highway accident that occurred on October 1, 1943. Basing jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship, he brought suit in a United States District Court in Kansas. The complaint was filed on September 4, 1945, and defendant was served on December 28, 1945. In Kansas, the two-year statute of limitations applicable to such tort claims is tolled by service on the defendant, not by filing the complaint. Held, plaintiff is barred by the Kansas statute of limitations. Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co., Inc., (U.S. 1949) 69 S.Ct. 1233.
Recommended Citation
Clinton R. Ashford S. Ed.,
FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS NOT TOLLED BY FILING COMPLAINT UNDER RULE 3,
48
Mich. L. Rev.
531
(1950).
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