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[CITE: 28USC2404]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
              CHAPTER 161--UNITED STATES AS PARTY GENERALLY
 
Sec. 2404. Death of defendant in damage action

    A civil action for damages commenced by or on behalf of the United 
States or in which it is interested shall not abate on the death of a 
defendant but shall survive and be enforceable against his estate as 
well as against surviving defendants.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 971.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 780a (June 16, 1933, ch. 
103, 48 Stat. 311).
    Substitution of parties, see rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure.
    Changes in phraseology were made.
