Continuation of Decedent's Action

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  1. If the deceased had commenced an action before the deceased's death, it shall proceed without necessity of revivor.
  2. The damages shall go to the surviving spouse and next of kin free from the claims of creditors.

Code 1858, § 2293; Shan., § 4028; mod. Code 1932, § 8238; Acts 1975, ch. 284, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-609.

Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 151, 638.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 31.

Law Reviews.

Some Order Out of Chaos in Wrongful Death Law (T. A. Smedley), 37 Vand. L. Rev. 273 (1984).

Cited: Stanford v. Holloway, 25 Tenn. App. 379, 157 S.W.2d 864, 1941 Tenn. App. LEXIS 120 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1941); Memphis S. R. Co. v. Cooper, 203 Tenn. 425, 313 S.W.2d 444, 1958 Tenn. LEXIS 321 (1958); Johnson v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, 665 S.W.2d 717, 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 745 (Tenn. 1984).


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