Massachusetts Statutes
§ 39 — Discontinuance of suit; non-joinder of persons liable; death of defendant
Massachusetts § 39
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XXIICORPORATIONS
Ch. 156BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, § 39 (2026).
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Section 39. Such suit shall not be discontinued by the plaintiff except by order of the court after notice to other creditors. It shall not abate by reason of the non-joinder of persons liable as defendants, unless the plaintiff, after notice by plea or answer of their existence, unreasonably neglects to make them parties; nor shall it abate by reason of the death of a defendant, but his estate shall be liable in the hands of his executor or administrator, who may voluntarily appear, or who may be summoned by the plaintiff, to defend the suit.
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