Exclusion of limitation time when a litigant pursues a bona fide proceeding in a court lacking jurisdiction, tolling limitation. Section 14 excludes from computation of limitation the time during which a plaintiff or applicant prosecutes with due diligence another civil proceeding in good faith in a court unable to entertain it due to defect of jurisdiction or a like cause; it applies to suits and applications, counts both day of institution and day of termination, treats resisting an appeal as prosecuting, and deems misjoinder equivalent to a jurisdictional defect.
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Exclusion of limitation time when a litigant pursues a bona fide proceeding in a court lacking jurisdiction, tolling limitation.
Section 14 excludes from computation of limitation the time during which a plaintiff or applicant prosecutes with due diligence another civil proceeding in good faith in a court unable to entertain it due to defect of jurisdiction or a like cause; it applies to suits and applications, counts both day of institution and day of termination, treats resisting an appeal as prosecuting, and deems misjoinder equivalent to a jurisdictional defect.
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