Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part VI · Chapter 161 — United States as Party Generally
§ 2404. Death of defendant in damage action
Statutory text
A civil action for damages commenced by or on behalf of the United States or in which it is interested shall not abate on the death of a defendant but shall survive and be enforceable against his estate as well as against surviving defendants.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Title 28, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 2404
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 971.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 971.)
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Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 780a (June 16, 1933, ch. 103, 48 Stat. 311).
Substitution of parties, see rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Changes in phraseology were made.
Credits
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 971.)