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 be prosecuted by or against the administrator de bonis non in like manner as if commenced by or against him; and the provisions of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure and of chapter two hundred and twenty-eight relative to the appearance, substitution or citation of an administrator and relative to dismissal, nonsuit or default shall apply to such administrator de bonis non.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein
Chapter 230 - Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators
Section 1 - Survival of Actions
Section 2 - Torts; Amount of Damages
Section 3 - Recovery of Goods or Damages for Benefit of Another
Section 4 - Accounting for Property Returned Pursuant to Judgment
Section 5 - Refusal to Enforce Claim; Action by Heir, Legatee or Creditor
Section 6 - Writs of Attachment and Executions
Section 7 - Attachments; Permission of Probate Court Required
Section 9 - Damages and Costs; Separate Executions
Section 10 - Liability of Executor or Administrator for Unsatisfied Judgment
Section 11 - Death or Removal of Executor or Administrator; Effect on Pending Action