McCooey v Minister for Finance

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date16 December 1971
Date16 December 1971
Docket Number[1968. No. 1671 P.]
CourtSupreme Court
(S.C.)
McCooey
and
Minister for Finance

Failure to serve summons while it was in force - Application for leave to renew summons made after cause of action statute-barred - Extension of period allowed for making application - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1962 (S.I. No. 72), Or. 8, r. 1 and Or.108, r. 7.

On the 13th July, 1965, the plaintiff suffered personal injuries when a motor car, driven by the second defendant, in which the plaintiff was travelling as a passenger collided with a motor car owned by the first defendant. At an early date the plaintiff informed the first defendant and the insurers of the second defendant of the accident and of the...

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