Case ID: nh_5/html/0337-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Dudley Ladd versus John P. Sanborn.
    Where a demandant, in a rviii of entry < ti. ⅛, pemii"g il.o a-C, bis executor or •administrator may lie admi'n.;’ Midi r ‘i o vC:;1' to pavéente the action for the benefit of those who may be interested in lito e-tnie.
    This was a writ of entry. The action as commenced on the 5th January, 1829. At August serai, 1830, the demandant having deceased since the last continuance, J. Lawrence, the administrator of the demandant’s estate, moved the court to be admitted to prosecute the suit, to which the tenant objected.
    
      Walker, for the demandant.
    Mason, for the tenant.
   By the court.

The statute of Januaiy 2, 1839, section 3, 1 Laws, 370, provides, that in case of the death of a demandant in a real action, his executor or adminidrnior may, at the next term, be admitted to pro? cu.te the suit to final judgment, fur the benefit of tho-m who may be interested in the estate. The wwrds of the statute are clear, plain, and explicit, and leave no doubt as to the intention of the legislature. We arc of opinion that the motion must prevail.