Back to Main Page / Back to List of Rules

Rule 158. Suit for the Use of Another

TEXT

When a plaintiff suing for the use of another shall die before verdict, the person for whose use such suit was brought, upon such death being suggested on the record in open court, may prosecute the suit in his own name, and shall be as responsible for costs as if he brought the suit.

Source: Art. 2085, unchanged.

Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.