Necessity for Substitution Upon Death of Codefendant in Ejectment

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  2. Georgia Code
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  4. Ejectment and Proceedings Against Intruders
  5. Ejectment
  6. Necessity for Substitution Upon Death of Codefendant in Ejectment

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If a codefendant in any action of ejectment dies after the commencement of the action, the action may proceed against the surviving defendant without making the representative of the deceased codefendant a party.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3374; Code 1868, § 3393; Code 1873, § 3441; Code 1882, § 3441; Civil Code 1895, § 5038; Civil Code 1910, § 5620; Code 1933, § 33-116.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 28A C.J.S., Ejectment, § 51 et seq.

ALR.

- Abatement by pendency of another action as affected by addition or omission of parties defendant in second suit, 44 A.L.R. 806.


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