§12-107. Uniform law.
This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. Added by Laws 1965, c. 98, § 4, emerg. eff. May 12, 1965.
§12-108. Citation.
This act may be cited as the Uniform Statute of Limitation on Foreign Claims Act. Added by Laws 1965, c. 98, § 5, emerg. eff. May 12, 1965.
§12-1081. Death of party after verdict or judgment.
(a) If a party dies after verdict is rendered, judgment may be rendered on the verdict although the representative or successor of the decedent has not been substituted as a party to the action. (b) If a plaintiff dies after verdict or after judgment and the verdict and judgment are in his favor, his representative […]
§12-1082. Dissolved partnerships.
(a) A partnership may sue and be sued in its firm name, and after a partnership has been dissolved, actions may be brought by and against the partnership in its firm name to enforce obligations that arose before the dissolution, the partnership being deemed to continue for the purpose of the suit. Where the dissolution […]
§12-1083. Dismissal of any actions in which no pleadings have been filed for a year.
Any action in which no pleading has been filed or other action taken for a year and in which no motion or demurrer has been pending during any part of said year shall be dismissed without prejudice by the court on its own motion after notice to the parties or their attorneys of record; providing, […]
§12-1084. Enforcement of contracts or obligations.
If a person who is either jointly or jointly and severally liable on a contract or obligation dies before an action is brought to enforce the contract or obligation and if the cause of action survives, the decedent’s estate may be joined as a party to an action to enforce the contract or obligation. Added […]
§12-1085. Death of nonresident.
When a nonresident who is subject to the jurisdiction of a court of this state dies, the action shall continue and his personal representative shall be substituted as a party to the action although he was appointed as personal representative in some other jurisdiction if (1) the personal representative is served in this state with […]
§12-109. Limitation of action to recover damages arising from design, planning or construction of improvement to real property.
No action in tort to recover damages (i) for any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or construction of an improvement to real property, (ii) for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or (iii) for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out […]
§12-110. Injury occurring during fifth year after substantial completion.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, in the case of such an injury to property or the person or such an injury causing wrongful death, which injury occurred during the fifth year after such substantial completion, an action in tort to recover damages for such an injury or wrongful death may be […]
§12-1101. Offer to allow judgment to be taken.
The defendant, in an action for the recovery of money only, may, at any time before the trial, serve upon the plaintiff or his attorney an offer, in writing, to allow judgment to be taken against him for the sum specified therein. If the plaintiff accept the offer and give notice thereof to the defendant […]
§12-1101.1. Civil actions – Offers of judgment – Counteroffers – Recovery of costs and attorney fees.
A. Actions for personal injury, wrongful death, and certain specified actions. 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 of this subsection, after a civil action is brought for the recovery of money as the result of a claim for personal injury, wrongful death, or pursuant to Chapter 21 of Title 25 or Section 5 […]
§12-1102. Offer not ground for continuance.
The making of an offer, pursuant to the provisions contained in the foregoing section, shall not be a cause for a continuance of an action or a postponement of the trial. R.L. 1910, § 5302.
§12-1103. Submission of controversy without suit.
Parties to a question, which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of the same to any court, which would have jurisdiction if an action had been brought. But it must appear, by affidavit, that […]
§12-1104. Record, submission without suit.
The case, the submission and a copy of the judgment shall constitute the record. R.L. 1910, § 5304.
§12-1105. Judgment and reversal, submission without suit.
The judgment shall be with costs, may be enforced, and shall be subject to reversal in the same manner as if it had been rendered in an action unless otherwise provided in the submission. R.L. 1910, § 5305.
§12-1106. Offer to confess judgment in part.
After an action for the recovery of money is brought, the defendant may offer in court to confess judgment for part of the amount claimed, or part of the causes involved in the action; whereupon, if the plaintiff, being present, refuse to accept such confession of judgment in full of his demands against the defendant […]
§12-1107. Surety may sue principal for performance.
A surety may maintain an action against his principal, to compel him to discharge the debt or liability for which the surety is bound, after the same has become due. R.L. 1910, § 5307.
§12-1108. Suit by surety before liability due.
A surety may maintain an action against his principal, to obtain indemnity against the debt or liability for which he is bound, before it is due, whenever any of the grounds exist, upon which, by the provisions of this code, an order may be made for arrest and bail, or for an attachment. R.L. 1910, […]
§12-1109. Remedies.
In such action the surety may obtain any of the provisional remedies mentioned in Articles eight, nine and ten upon the grounds and in the manner therein prescribed. R.L. 1910, § 5309.
§12-111. Period for bringing actions not extended.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as extending the period prescribed by the laws of this state for the bringing of any action. Added by Laws 1967, c. 360, § 3, emerg. eff. May 22, 1967.