{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-452.490","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 452.490","heading":"When judgment in transitory action not to be rendered against several","body":"defendants -- Bankruptcy.\nIn an action brought pursuant to KRS 452.480, against several defendants, no judgment\nshall be rendered against any of them, upon the service of a summons out of the county in\nwhich the action is brought, if no one (1) of them be summoned in that county, nor\nresided therein when the action was commenced; nor if the action be discontinued or\ndismissed as to the defendant who resided, or was summoned, in that county; nor if\njudgment be rendered in his favor, unless a defendant summoned out of that county make\ndefense without objecting to the jurisdiction of the court: provided, that a judgment for a\ndefendant, who resided or was summoned in that county upon a p lea of his discharge as a\nbankrupt, shall not prevent a judgment against any other defendant, in an action brought\nbefore the commencement of the proceedings in which the discharge was obtained; but\nafter such judgment, upon a plea of discharge in bankrupt cy, a defendant not summoned\nin the county, nor residing therein at the commencement of the action, may, by answer,\ndeny the liability of such bankrupt. The issue as to the original liability of such bankrupt\nshall be tried as if he were still a party, and  the plaintiff shall not have judgment against\nthe defendant not summoned nor residing in the county, unless it be decided that the\nbankrupt was originally liable.","path":["KRS Chapter 452"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19522","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:57Z","sha256":"3bd41382fcb5ca05684d98abc97ab55f109f00f13ea895375a329bb1f8c2566f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-452.485","next":"us-ky/krs-452.495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}