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Title 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Chapter 071: Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators

• Subchapter 001: GENERAL PROVISIONS
•    § 1401. Executor or administrator may sue and defend

•    § 1402. Sum recovered paid to person entitled thereto

•    §§ 1403-1409. Repealed. 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 237, eff. March 29, 1972.

•    § 1410. Representative may compromise claims of the estate

•    § 1411. Disputed claim may be referred

•    § 1412. Claim between executor and estate

•    § 1413. Debt as personalty; representative may foreclose mortgage

•    §§ 1414, 1415. Repealed. 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.

•    § 1416. Estate not sued when masters appointed; exceptions

•    § 1417. Prosecution of action

•    § 1418. Repealed. 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.

• Subchapter 002: SURVIVAL OF CAUSES
•    § 1451. What actions survive

•    § 1452. When actions for personal injury survive

•    § 1453. Survival of causes of action

•    § 1454. Trespass; damages

•    § 1455. Heir may not sue until share assigned

• Subchapter 003: WRONGFUL DEATH
•    § 1491. Right of action where death results from wrongful act

•    § 1492. Action for death from wrongful act; procedure; damages

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