If any action be commenced within due time, and the plaintiff fail in such action otherwise than upon the merits, and the time limited for the same shall have expired, the plaintiff, or, if the plaintiff die, and the cause of action survive, his or her representatives may commence a new action within six (6) months after such failure.
K.S.A. 60-518
New action, when
Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case Janson v. Christensen (1991)
Most recently applied in Klaassen v. Atkinson (September 2018)
L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-518; January 1, 1964.
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