General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 230 Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators

• Massachusetts General Laws - Survival of actions - Chapter 230, Section 1
  An action which would have survived if commenced by or against the original party in his lifetime may be commenced and prosecuted by or against...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Torts; amount of damages - Chapter 230, Section 2
  If an action of tort is commenced or prosecuted against the executor or administrator of the person originally liable, the plaintiff shall recover only the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Recovery of goods or damages for benefit of another - Chapter 230, Section 3
  If the executor or administrator of a trustee, carrier, depositary or other person who claimed only a special property in goods which he held for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Accounting for property returned pursuant to judgment - Chapter 230, Section 4
  If judgment for a return of property is rendered in a civil action against an executor or administrator, the property returned by him shall not...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Refusal to enforce claim; action by heir, legatee or creditor - Chapter 230, Section 5
  It shall be unnecessary to remove an executor or administrator in order that an action to enforce a claim in favor of the estate may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Writs of attachment and executions - Chapter 230, Section 6
  Writs of attachment and executions against executors or administrators for debts due from the testator or intestate shall run only against the goods and estate...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Attachments; permission of probate court required - Chapter 230, Section 7
  The real and personal property of a deceased person shall not be attached on mesne process in an action upon a debt due from, or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Costs - Chapter 230, Section 8
  If a judgment for costs is rendered against an executor or administrator in an action commenced by or against him, or in an action commenced...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Damages and costs; separate executions - Chapter 230, Section 9
  If the judgment is for damages and costs, an execution for the damages shall be awarded against the goods and estate of the deceased in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Liability of executor or administrator for unsatisfied judgment - Chapter 230, Section 10
  Upon the return unsatisfied of an execution upon a judgment rendered in a civil action against an executor or administrator for a debt due from...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death or removal of executor or administrator; effect on pending action - Chapter 230, Section 11
  If an executor or administrator dies or is removed from office during the pendency of an action to which he is a party, it may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death or removal of fiduciary after judgment - Chapter 230, Section 12
  If an executor or administrator dies or is removed after judgment has been rendered for or against him by the probate court, such court may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appeal - Chapter 230, Section 13
  If judgment is rendered for or against an executor or administrator, an appeal may be claimed therefrom by or against an administrator de bonis non...

Last modified: September 11, 2015