Case Name: Davis, Appellant, v. Morgan, Administrator
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1888-10
Citations: 97 Mo. 79
Docket Number: 
Parties: Davis, Appellant, v. Morgan, Administrator.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 79–80

Head Matter:
Davis, Appellant, v. Morgan, Administrator.
Mon-survival of Action for Personal Injuries: practice. An action for personal injuries cannot, after the death of the defendant, be revived in the name of his' administrator. (R. S. 187&, secs. 96, 97).
Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court.-*-IIon. B. E. Turner, Judge.
Stricken from the docket.
McKee & Jayne for appellant.
Smoot & Pettengill and Shelton & Dysart for respondent.

Opinion:
Sherwood, J.
This action was brought for personal injuries caused to plaintiff by the fall of a house owned by Robert Gf. Shaw. Such proceedings were had in the circuit court as compelled plaintiff to take a nonsuit and he has appealed here. During the present term, the death of the defendant has been suggested, and by consent, the administrator has been made a party to the action.
The merits of this cause cannot be discussed, since the action was for personal injuries, and judgment for the defendant, who, since appeal taken, has died. -The action, by reason of defendant's death, abated, and could not be revived in the name of his administrator. R. S. 1879, secs. 96, 97. The maxim, " actio personalis moritur cum persona" applies, and our statute, so far as concerns this case, is only declaratory of the common law. Stanley v. Bircher's Ex'r, 78 Mo. 245; 1 Chitty Pl. 77, and cas. cit.
Inasmuch as the -action has abated, the cause will be stricken from the docket.
All concur.