2013 Mississippi Code
Title 91 - TRUSTS AND ESTATES
Chapter 7 - EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
§ 91-7-237 - Death of party not to abate suit in certain cases
When either of the parties to any personal action shall die before final judgment, the executor or administrator of such deceased party may prosecute or defend such action, and the court shall render judgment for or against the executor or administrator. If such executor or administrator, having been duly served with a scire facias or summons five days before the meeting of the court, shall neglect or refuse to prosecute or defend the suit, the court may render judgment in the same manner as if such executor or administrator had voluntarily made himself a party to the suit. The executor or administrator who shall become a party shall be entitled to a continuance of the cause until the next term of the court.
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