Legal Representatives' Suits Act : Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongs committed

Legal Representatives' Suits Act,1855

Act No : 12

Section : Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongs committed inlifetime of deceased.

1. Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongscommitted in lifetime of deceased.-An action may be maintained by theexecutors, administrators or representatives of any person deceased,for any wrong committed in the time of such person, which hasoccasioned pecuniary loss his estate, for which wrong an action mighthave been maintained by such person, so as such wrong shall have beencommitted within one year before his death 1***; and the damages, whenrecovered, shall be part of the personal estate of such person: and further, an action may be maintained against the executors oradministrators or heirs or representatives of any person deceased forany wrong committed by him in his lifetime for which he would havebeen subject to an action, so as such wrong shall have been committedwithin one year before such person's death 2***; and the damages to berecovered in such action shall, if recovered against an executor oradministrator bound to administer according to the English law, bepayable in like order of administration as the simple contract debtsof such person.