Connecticut § 52-587 - Suit on bond or recognizance for costs limited to one year.
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§ 52-587. Suit on bond or recognizance for costs limited to one year.
Sec. 52-587. Suit on bond or recognizance for costs limited to one year. No action shall be brought against the surety on any bond or recognizance for costs only, given in any civil action, or on the appeal of any civil cause, or on any bail bond, except within one year after final judgment has been rendered in the suit in which such bond or recognizance was given.
(1949 Rev., S. 8327.)
It is no excuse that a petition for a new trial was pending during the whole of the year. 1 R. 249. A bond, in a bastardy suit, may be sued within a year after the time for the last quarterly payment. K. 268. Judgment regarded as rendered at the date of withdrawal, and not at the time of taxing costs. 48 C. 305. Claim against deceased surety, on bond for costs, may be presented at any time within the probate limitation. Id., 384. Cited. 214 C. 464.
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