Where a suit is pending or a judgment or decree has been rendered in this state in favor of a personal representative, upon a contract made or for a cause of action which accrued in the lifetime of the decedent, the administrator de bonis non of such decedent may sue forth a scire facias to have execution upon such judgment or decree, or to revive and prosecute to judgment or decree the suit so pending, if the personal representative who brought it could have maintained the same.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 44. Administration of Estates and Trusts
Article 1. Personal Representatives
§44-1-1. Executor Has No Powers Before Qualifying
§44-1-2. Administration With Will Annexed
§44-1-3. Oath of Executor or Administrator With Will Annexed
§44-1-5. When Curator May Be Appointed; His Duties
§44-1-6. Bond and Oath; Termination of Grant in Certain Cases
§44-1-8. When Executor or Administrator Not to Give Bond; When Surety Not Required
§44-1-10. Marriage of Female Representative Does Not Extinguish Authority
§44-1-11. When Sheriff to Administer Estate
§44-1-12. Letters of Administration
§44-1-13. Affidavit Showing Heirs, Distributees, Devisees and Legatees of Decedent
§44-1-17. Food and Fuel for Family
§44-1-18. What Estate Not to Be Sold
§44-1-19. Sale of Goods Likely to Be Impaired in Value
§44-1-20. When to Sell Other Goods
§44-1-21. Estate for Life of Another Is Assets
§44-1-22. Suits by and Against
§44-1-23. Actions for Goods Carried Away, Waste or Damage to Estate of or by Decedent
§44-1-24. Action for Waste by Representative
§44-1-25. Administrator De Bonis Non May Have Scire Facias
§44-1-26. Action on Bond of Personal Representative
§44-1-27. Not Chargeable Beyond Assets; Pleas Allowed
§44-1-29. Authority of Personal Representative Concerning Conservation and Preservation Easements
§44-1-30. Death Certificate or Other Proof of Death and Residence May Be Required