19 Ga. App. 94 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1916
Lead Opinion
Siiit was brought against the railway company for personal injuries, alleged to have been received in 1909. The present action is a renewal of the original suit, and was filed June 3, 1912. The defendant demurred on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. The action, not having been brought within two years after the right of action accrued, was barred (Civil Code, § 4497); unless the operation of the statute of limitations was arrested under section 4381 of the Civil Code. Under that section, if a plaintiff is nonsuited, he has the right of renewal in six months; if he discontinues or dismisses his case he has the same right. A dismissal for want of prosecution is held to be a discontinuance, within the meaning of the statute (Rountree v. Key, 71 Ga. 214); but where there has been a dismissal by the court on demurrer, the right of renewal does not exist. Kimbro v. Virginia &c. Ry. Co., 56 Ga. 185 (3). For the purpose of showing that he was entitled to renew the action, the plaintiff amended the second suit by adding the following allegation: “Petitioner shows that before filing the suit filed in office June 3rd, 1912, petitioner had filed a former suit on the same cause of action on September 24th, 1910, which suit was dismissed upon a date at present unknown to petitioner, but which will appear upon the docket of the city court of Reidsville; that after the said suit was
Rehearing
on rehearing.
Enough appears in the petition, however, to suggest that the plaintiff therein is entitled to relief, provided that
Judgment affirmed, with direction.