Kentucky Statutes 426.295 – Form of judgment in action for possession of specific personal property
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
In an action for the possession of specific personal property, the plaintiff may have judgment for its delivery, if it can be had; and, if not, for its value and for damages for its detention. If the property have been delivered to the plaintiff, and the defendant claim a return thereof, judgment for the defendant may be for the return of the property, or its value if a return can not be had, and damages for the taking and withholding of the property. There shall be no pre-judgment attachment of specific personal property except under the provisions of KRS Chapter 425.
History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 38. — Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 388.
History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 38. — Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 388.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 426.295
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.