4.20.050 - Action not abated by death or disability if it survives -- Substitution.

Action not abated by death or disability if it survives — Substitution.

No action shall abate by the death, marriage or other disability of the party, or by the transfer of any interest therein, if the cause of action survives or continues; but the court may at any time within one year thereafter, on motion, allow the action to be continued by or against his representatives or successors in interest.

[Code 1881 § 17; 1877 p 6 § 17; 1869 p 6 § 17; 1854 p 132 § 11; RRS § 193.]

Notes:Rules of court:  Cf. RAP 3.2, 18.22.