Case Name: WILSON & al. vs. PAXTON & al.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1820-04-10
Citations: 2 A.K. Marsh. 193
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILSON & al. vs. PAXTON & al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 193–193

Head Matter:
WILSON & al. vs. PAXTON & al.
On a writ of error.
A joint obligee in a bond for the conveyance of lands, dyinglis pendens it is error for the surviving obligees to proceed to a decree without reviving in the names of the heirs of the decedent.
10 April, 1820.

Opinion:
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
One of the complainants, who was jointly interested with the others in the bond for the land, to obtain the title to which, this bill was filed, having died pending the suit, it was erroneous for the other complainants to proceed to obtain a decree without having previously revived the suit in the names of the heirs of the deceased complainant.
The decree must be reversed with costs, and the cause be remanded for new proceedings to be had not inconsistent with this opinion.