Case Name: Moses Woodward, Petitioner for a Review, versus John Skolfield
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1808-05
Citations: 3 Tyng 375
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moses Woodward, Petitioner for a Review, versus John Skolfield.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 329–329

Head Matter:
Moses Woodward, Petitioner for a Review, versus John Skolfield.
A petition for a review abates by the death of the petitioner pending the petition; and his executor cannot be admitted to prosecute it
The original action was assumpsit. The petition was filed, and notice to the adverse party ordered, at the last term; since which time the petitioner had died. And now Mellen, who was of counsel for the petitioner, suggests his death, and moves for his executors to be admitted to prosecute the petition.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The statute of 1783, c. 32, <§> 10, does not extend to this case. The petition abates by the death of the petitioner.