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…On the 23rd day of October 1981 the appellant David Stephen Gatune as applicant moved the High Court, Nakuru (Mead J as he then was) by a Notice of Motion ex parte pursuant to section 22 and 28 of the Limitation of Actions…

…Arguing the appeal, Mr Kariuki referred to Section 28 of the Limitation of Actions Act (the Act) under which the appellant had applied for leave of the Court for purposes of section 27 of the Act and pointed out that the…

…having considered Mr Juma’s argument, and particularly grounds 5 an 6 of the proposed memorandum of appeal which state: “It was wrong in principle to have set aside the dismissal when a fresh action was already barred by limitation…

…, and the policy of the Courts, being to strike out the original suit and not to allow it to proceed (and a portion to be reopened ) after limitation has expired.…

…The issue of limitation of time immediately comes into mind as this suit was filed twenty (20) years after the cause of action arose.…