Opinion ID: 2408739
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: statute of limitation as to claim against stevens

Text: It is contended that the five-year statute of limitation bars recovery from Stevens as to the alleged truck overpayment of $3,738. on July 10, 1956. The original complaint was filed within the five-year period, but it did not make specific reference to the truck overpayment. The language of the original complaint in this respect is: That during the fiscal year of 1955-56, the Board paid to Stevens the full purchase price for two dump trucks but that Stevens delivered a flat bed truck and a dump truck without the body which vehicles were approximately $2,000. less value in cost than the full amount received by him for said trucks. An amended complaint was filed December 14, 1961, in order to conform to the proof; in the amendment the exact details of the 1956 truck transaction were recited. It is our conclusion that CR 15.03 governs this situation, since the claim asserted in the amended complaint arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original pleading. The essence of the original complaint as it related to Stevens had to do with alleged irregularities in the accounts between the Board and Stevens with respect to the trucks and buses. The original complaint attempted to set forth details of the transaction or occurrence, and the amended complaint merely perfected that statement. Thus, the amended  complaint related back to the date of the original complaint.