West Virginia § 44-1-25 Administrator de bonis non may have scire facias

West Virginia Statutes

§ 44-1-25 — Administrator de bonis non may have scire facias

West Virginia § 44-1-25

Ch. 44ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Art. 1PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

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W. Va. Code § 44-1-25 (2026).

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Where a suit is pending or a judgment or decree has been rendered in this state in favor of a personal representative, upon a contract made or for a cause of action which accrued in the lifetime of the decedent, the administrator de bonis non of such decedent may sue forth a scire facias to have execution upon such judgment or decree, or to revive and prosecute to judgment or decree the suit so pending, if the personal representative who brought it could have maintained the same.

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Where a suit is pending or a judgment or decree has been rendered in this state in favor of a personal representative, upon a contract made or for a cause of action which accrued in the lifetime of the decedent, the administrator de bonis non of such decedent may sue forth a scire facias to have execution upon such judgment or decree, or to revive and prosecute to judgment or decree the suit so pending, if the personal representative who brought it could have maintained the same.