Court Opinion

ID: 9633910
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 12:06:17.660132+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:08:45.021041
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McFADDEN, Chief Justice,
specially concurring.
I concur in the conclusion that this case should be reversed for further proceedings primarily because at this stage of the record it is unclear what date the statute of limitations commenced to run against appellants. In my concurrence, however, I do not wish to be construed as adhering to the view that a statute of limitations can never be raised by a motion to dismiss under I.R.C.P. 12(b)(6). In this particular case, after the motion to dismiss was filed raising the issue as to the applicability of the statute of limitations, no issue was presented to the trial court that it was not a proper vehicle to present to the court the applicability of the statute of limitations.
While better practice may have been to raise this issue by a motion for summary judgment under I.R.C.P. 56, the appellant never questioned the propriety of the 12(b) motion. When such an issue has not first been presented to the trial court it does not behoove this court to consider issues of this nature not previously submitted to the trial court. See Dunn v. Baugh, 95 Idaho 236, 506 P.2d 463 (1973); Williams v. Havens, 92 Idaho 439, 444 P.2d 132 (1968); Frasier v. Carter, 92 Idaho 79, 437 P.2d 32 (1968); Christensen v. Stuchlik, 91 Idaho 504, 427 P.2d 278 (1967); Cantlin v. Carter, 88 Idaho 179, 397 P.2d 761 (1964).