COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. RATLIFF


392 S.W.2d 913 (1965)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Ralph Boots RATLIFF et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmond H. Tackett, Pikeville, for appellant.

J. Ervin Sanders, Pikeville, for appellees.


PALMORE, Judge.

On February 25, 1958, a truck owned by appellee Ratliff and being driven by his employe, appellee Coleman, struck and damaged a highway bridge. Five years and one day later the state highway department filed this suit against them to recover the cost of repairs occasioned by the accident. It appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered pursuant to a plea of the 5-year statute of limitation, KRS 413.120 (4), which reads as follows:

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