§ 3708 — Public officer’s action

Delaware § 3708

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 10
• Part: Procedure
• Ch. 37: SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS AND CAUSES OF ACTION; WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS
• Subch.: Survival of Actions and Causes of Action

Text

An action brought by or in the name of any public officer shall not abate by the officer’s death, resignation, removal from office, or the expiration of the officer’s term, but may be prosecuted by the officer’s successor, if there be a successor who might have originally commenced and prosecuted the like action.

Legislative History

Code 1852, § 2330; Code 1915, § 4191; Code 1935, § 4670; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 3708; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1