Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Limitation of Actions Act 1958 - SECT 6

Successive conversions of goods

6. Successive conversions of goods



(1) Where-

   (a)  any cause of action in respect of the conversion or wrongful detention
        of a chattel has accrued to any person; and

   (b)  before he recovers possession of the chattel, a further conversion or
        wrongful detention takes place-

no action shall be brought in respect of the further conversion or detention
after the expiration of six years from the accrual of the cause of action in
respect of the original conversion or detention.

(2) Where-

   (a)  any such cause of action has accrued to any person; and

   (b)  the period prescribed for bringing that action and for bringing any
        action in respect of such a further conversion or wrongful detention
        as aforesaid has expired; and

   (c)  he has not during that period recovered possession of the chattel-

his title to the chattel shall be extinguished.

Division 3-Actions to recover land and rent