If the loser or his creditor does not, within six (6) months after its payment or delivery to the winner, sue for the money or thing lost, and prosecute the suit to recovery with due diligence, any other person may sue the winner, and recover treble the value of the money or thing lost, if suit is brought within five (5) years from the delivery or payment.
Effective: October 1, 1942
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 372.040

  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 1958.

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