2021 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-4 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors
Section 10-4-9 - Effect on suits and proceedings of death, resignation, or removal of assignee.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 10-4-9 (2021)
§ 10-4-9. Effect on suits and proceedings of death, resignation, or removal of assignee.

No suit or proceeding pending at the time of the death, resignation, or removal of any assignee under this chapter, and to which he or she is a party, shall be abated by his or her death, resignation, or removal, but the suit or proceeding may be proceeded with or defended by his or her joint assignees or assignee or successor, in the same manner as though the suit or proceeding had been begun or was being defended by such joint assignees or assignee alone, or by such successor.

History of Section.
P.L. 1902, ch. 984, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 338, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 389, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 595, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 10-4-9; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 94.

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