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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 37. SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS AND CAUSES OF ACTION; WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS
Subchapter I. Survival of Actions and Causes of Action
§ 3706. Judgment for or against executor or administrator.
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§ 3706. Judgment for or against executor or administrator.
(a) The benefit of a judgment for or against an executor or administrator shall not be lost by executor's or administrator's death or removal from office, but proceedings may be had upon such judgment either at the suit of or against a succeeding executor or administrator.
(b) An executor or administrator may be admitted a party plaintiff to a judgment, on motion, without scire facias.
Code 1852, §§ 2298, 2299; 12 Del. Laws, c. 477; 14 Del. Laws, c. 88; Code 1915, § 4158; Code 1935, § 4641; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 3706; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;
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