§811. Failure of first action; effect on limitations
If the summons and complaint in a real or mixed action fails of sufficient service or return by unavoidable cause, or if by the default or negligence of any officer to whom it was delivered or directed for service, the action is dismissed; or if the action is defeated for any matter of form or by the death or other disability of either party, or if the plaintiff's judgment is reversed on appeal, the plaintiff may commence a new action at any time within 6 months after the determination of the first action or the reversal of the judgment.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 2: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Chapter 205: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
14 §801. Rights of entry and action barred in 20 years
14 §803. Right deemed to accrue
14 §804. Entry for condition broken
14 §805. Accrual of right of entry
14 §806. Action by minister or sole corporation
14 §807. Minors and other disabled persons
14 §808. Death during period of disability
14 §809. Death of tenant in tail or remainderman before end of limitation
14 §810. Type of possession; need for enclosure
14 §810-A. Mistake of boundary line
14 §811. Failure of first action; effect on limitations
14 §812. Acquisition of rights-of-way and easements by adverse possession; notice to prevent
14 §812-A. Dedication of land in the unorganized territory to public use; notice to prevent
14 §812-B. Recording requirements
14 §813. Adverse obstruction on rights-of-way; interruption by notice
14 §814. Trespass on wild lands; notice to quit; record; private roads in unorganized territory
14 §815. Forty years' possession bars action for recovery of land
14 §816. Limitations of actions for uncultivated lands in incorporated places
14 §817. Limitation of actions for breach of covenants; vested interest in 6-year limitations period