Nebraska Revised Statute 25-1406

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Chapter 25

25-1406.

Revivor; procedure; conditional order.

The revivor shall be, by a conditional order of the court if made in term, or by a judge thereof if made in vacation, that the action be revived in the names of the representatives or successor of the party who died, or whose powers ceased; and proceed in favor of or against them.

Source

  • R.S.1867, Code § 459, p. 470;
  • R.S.1913, § 8027;
  • C.S.1922, § 8968;
  • C.S.1929, § 20-1406;
  • R.S.1943, § 25-1406.

Annotations

  • Where there is no probate and no personal representative of the original plaintiff, the action may be revived in the names of the heirs-at-law of the original plaintiff. Spradlin v. Myers, 200 Neb. 559, 264 N.W.2d 658 (1978).

  • Procedure for revivor is provided for actions that do not abate. Workman v. Workman, 167 Neb. 857, 95 N.W.2d 186 (1959).

  • Provisions of the civil code relative to abatement and revivor of actions are applicable to revivor of actions in Supreme Court. Keefe v. Grace, 142 Neb. 330, 6 N.W.2d 59 (1942).

  • If order is made absolute, right of administrator cannot be contested in main action. Missouri P. Ry. Co. v. Fox, 56 Neb. 746, 77 N.W. 130 (1898).