614.10  Failure of action.

If, after the commencement of an action, the plaintiff, for any cause except negligence in its prosecution, fails therein, and a new one is brought within six months thereafter, the second shall, for the purposes herein contemplated, be held a continuation of the first.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 1668; R60, § 2749; C73, § 2537; C97, § 3455; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11017; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 614.10]


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