Tennessee Statutes
§ 20-5-117 — Death of nominal plaintiff
Tennessee·Title 20
Where a suit is commenced in the name of one person for the use of another and the nominal plaintiff dies, the suit may be prosecuted without a revivor, as if the death had not happened.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 2858 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 29, § 3); Shan., § 4578; Code 1932, § 8703; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-621.
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